Caption on a nature site: "Ruby-_Throat_ Hummingbird"

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Sat Jul 7 23:37:02 UTC 2012


Till now, I'd been under the impression that the hummingbird was
called "ruby-throat_ed_."

OTOH, I do appreciate the retention of the hyphen.

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