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Dira is so rare i couia not find a common name in my books.

The fast official assessment of hummingbird species was made in 1945,' whetf 319 species were listed. Eleven new,Species have been discovered since that year, and ornithologists predigt that more are .unknown to science. The total may reach 339 after the lajpt rare hummer is located in some rartote valley in the Andes.

Nineteen species occur in the United States. These are all in the west, where they have such evocative names as Buff-breasted, Caliope, Rufous and Violet-crowned. Arizona is the state in which one can see the most species.

All are illuminated with iridescent plumage that causes them to

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