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North American Birds Eggs. 



434. Allen Hummingbird. ScbisjifKirus alleni. 



Range. — Pacitic coast from British Columbia 

 California. Winters in Mexico. 



southward; most abundant in 



This species is like the last, 

 but the back is greenish, only 

 the tail being reddish brown. 

 These birds generally locate 

 their nests at low elevations 

 near the end of overhanging 

 1 'ranches, on vines, weed 

 -talks, or bushes, but have 

 been found as high as 90 feet 

 above ground. The nests of 

 this species are made of plant 

 fibres and cobwebs, generally 

 decorated with lichens. The 

 two white eggs measure .50 x 

 .82. Data. — Santa Monica, 

 Cal., May 29, 1896. Xest two 

 feet from the ground in a sage 

 bush. Collector, W. Lee 

 Chambers. 



435. Morcom Hummingbird. Afthis mniTDmi. 



fe3c;^\ Range. — This species is known only from a single specimen, taken in the 

 *^"-^^' - Huachuca Mountains, Arizona in 1896. 



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436. Calliope Hummingbird. SteUiiJa calliope. 



Range. — Western United States from British Columbia southward, and from 

 the Rocky Mountains west to eastern Oregon and California. 



This is the smallest of North American Hummers, lieing but 3 inches in length. 

 It is greenish above and has a violet gorget showing the white bases of the 

 feathers. They build their nests in all manner of locations from high up in tall 

 pines to within a ioot of the ground in slender bushes. The nests are made in- 

 teriorly with plant down, but the outside is generally graj'ish colored shreds and 

 lichens. The eggs average liut a trifle smaller than those of colubris, ,45 x .30. 



437. Lucifer Hummingbird. Calofliorax lucitcr. 



Range.— Mexico, north to southwestern Texas and Arizona. 



This species, which is common in parts of Central Mexico, occurs only casually 

 north to our borders and has not yet been found nesting there. They build 

 small compact nests of plant down attached to the stalks or leaves of plants or 

 weeds. 



438. Reiffer Hummingbird. Amazilis tzaeatl. 



Range. — Abundant in southern Mexico; casual in southern Texas. 



This species is greenish above, with a bronzy lustre; the tail is reddish brown, 

 and the throat and l)reast are metallic green. They breed abuntlantly about 

 houses and nest apparently at all seasons of the year in Central America, where 

 they are the most common species of Hummers. 



