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ZOOLOGY BIRDS. 



FAM. TROCHILIDAE: HUMMINGBIRDS. 



STELLULA CALLIOPE (Gould). 

 Calliope Hummingbird. 



Trochilus calliope, GOULD, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1847, 11 (Mexico). 



Selasphorus calliope, XANTUS, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, 190 (Fort Tejon, Cal.). 



Stellula calliope, COOPER, Birds Cal., 1870, 3G3. COUES, Key N. A. Birds, 1872, 185. 



MERRIAM, U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 1872, G93 (Fort Ellis, Mout.). BD., 



BREW., & RIDG., N. A. Birds, ii, 1874, 445, pi. xlvii, f. 9. HENSHAW, Rep. 



Orn. Specs, 1873, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 130. YARROW, Rep. Oru. Specs., 



1871, Wheeler's Exped., 1874. 35. 



Though not nearly so abundant as either the Rufous-backed or Broad- 

 tailed Hummers, this diminutive species was still by no means rare. At 

 Inscription Rock, N. Mex., where it was first seen, perhaps half a dozen 

 were found in a two days' stay. At Camp Apache, during the latter part of 

 August and 1st of September, it was rather common ; but, in the higher 

 portions of the White Mountains, it was most abundant, and here, I doubt 

 not, it finds its summer home. At Camp Grant, the 27th of August, it was 

 still present, though in small numbers. 



