74 CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



410. Trochilus alexandri Bourc. and Muls. B 102. c 276. R 336. 



Alexander Humming-bird. 



411. Selasphorus rufus (Gm.) Sw. B 103. c 277. R 340. 



Rufous Humming-bird. 



412. Selasphorus alleni Hensh. B . c . R 341. 



Allen Humming-bird. 



413. Selasphorus platycercus (Sw.) Gld. B 104. c 278. R 339. 



Broad-tailed Humming-bird. 



414. Calypte annse (Less.) Gld. B 105. c 279. R 338. 



Anna Humming-bird. 



415. Calypte costae (Bourc.) Gld. B IOG. c 2so. R 337. 



Costa Humming-bird. 



416. Atthis heloisae (Less, and De Lat.) Reich. B . c 281. R 342. 



Heloise Humming-bird. 



417. Stellula calliope Gld. B . c 282. R 343. 



Calliope Humming-bird. 



418. Calothorax lucifer (Sw.) Gra}-. B . c . R 349. 



Lucifer Humming-bird. 



clature as a genus in that family in consequence of such usage on the part of Linnaeus. 

 The name colubris might be an adjective formed from coluber, a snake, in allusion to 

 the scales on the hummer's throat ; hut this is unlikely. There are old treatises on birds 

 in which the terms colibri, kolibri, colibry occur, and the word is doubtless barbarous. 



410. T. a-lgx-an'-dri. To Alexandre. 



411. S6-las'-phor-us ru'-fus. Gr. <r(\as, <rt\aos, light, and Dope's, bearing, tpf'pca, I bear ; eupho- 



niously compounded, at the expense of strict propriety. Lat. rufus, rufous, reddish. 



412. S. al'-len-i. To C. A. Allen, of Nicasio, California. 



Not in the orig. ed. ; since distinguished from S. rufus by Mr. Henshaw : see Bull. 

 Nutt. Club, ii, 1877, p. 54. 



413. S. plat-y-cer'-cus. Gr. irAcn-uj, broad, wide ; nepxos, tail. 



414. C. an'-nae. Dedicated to the Duchess of Rivoli. 



This is Selasp/iorus anna in the orig. ed. 



415. Ca-lyp'-te cos'-tae. Gr. Ka.\virrri, a proper name ; Ka\virru, I conceal. To Costa. 



This is Selasphorus costce. in the orig. ed. 



416. At'-this h61-6-I'-sae. Gr. 'ArOis, Attic, Athenian; probably in allusion to some peculiar 



charm of the bird. Attic was ne plus ultra Greek, as Parisian is par excellence French. 

 This is Sc/asphorus heloisce of the orig. ed. 



417. Stel'-lu-la cal-H'-S-pe. Lat. stellula, a little star, diminutive of stella, a star. Gr. KaA- 



\t6irr], Calliope, one of the Muses ; ica\6s, feminine /caAAV?, beautiful, &c., and 6ty, voice. 

 The application of the word to a voiceless bird is not obvious, unless it be simply 

 dedicatory. 



418. Cal-6-tho'-rax lu'-ci-fgr. Gr. Ka\ds, beautiful, and eupa.%, thorax, chest. Lat. Lucifer, 



Lucifer, the light-bearer, from lux, lucis, light, and fcro, I bear. Both words note the 

 glittering plumage. 



Not in the orig. ed. ; since discovered in Arizona by H. W. Henshaw ; and first 

 announced from that locality under the erroneous name of " Doriclia enicura," in Am. 

 Sportsm., v, p. 328, Feb. 20, 1875. See Lawr., Bull. Nutt. Club, ii, 1877, p. 108. 



