No. 4.] COUES'S ORNITH. BIBLIOGRAPHY — TROCHILID^. 687 



1876. Cooper, J. G. Early Nesting of tho Anna Hiimmiug-Bird [Calypte anna]. 

 < Am. Nat. , x, No. 1, Jan. , 1876, pp. 48-50. 



1876. Elliot, D. G. Remarks on some Type Specimens of Trochilidm from tlie Mu- 

 seums of Nenchatel and Florence. <^ Ibis, 3d ser., vi, No. xxi, Jan., 1876, pp. 

 5-11. 



Bourcieria inscctivora (Tschudi). Heliodoxa leadbeaieri (Bourc). Lcucippw hucogattcr 

 (Tschudi). — MolUsiuja juditli, Hanv. =z Par.opUtes JUlvcscens. M. salvadorii, Benv. = Ct/nan. 

 thus eyaminis 9 • ^- ridolfii, Ben v. ^ Eriocnemis vestita $ . 



1876. Elliot, D. G. Notes on the Trochilidie. The Genus Lampropygia. <] Ihxa, 

 3d ser., vi, Jan., 1876, pp. 54-60. 

 Critical notes on 7 spp. L. columbiana, p. 57, sp. n. 



1876. Elliot, D. G. Notes on the Trochilidte. The Genera Cyanomyla and Helio- 

 tryi>ha. </6Js, 3d ser., vi, July, 1876, pp. 311-319. 

 Of the former 7 and of the latter 3 spp. are distinguished, with synonymy and criticism. 



1876. Elliot, D. G. Notes on the Trochilida). The Genera Heliothrix, Calhphlox, 



Catharma [g. n.], andPetasophora. <^IU8, 3d ser., vi, Oct., 1876, pp. 394-407. 

 Heliothrix, 3 spp.; GalUphlox, 2 spp.; Gatharma, 1 sp.; Petasophora, 6 spp.; with sj'nonymy, 

 diagnosis, and criticism. 



1877. Beal, W.J. Fertilization of Flowers by Birds [i.e., by Trochilus colubris]. 



<^Jm.Xat., xi, No. 12, Dec, 1877, ]}. 754. 



1877. BOUDWIN, G. The ruby-throated hummingbird [Trochilus colubris]. <^Fore$i 

 and Stream, viii, June 7, 1877, p. '280. 

 Account of the nidiflcation. 



1877. Elliot, D. G. Review of the Specimens of Trochilidie in the Paris Museum, 

 brought by D'Orbiguy from South America. <^Iiis, 4th ser., i, 1877, pp. 

 133-142. 



D'Orbigny's were among the most important of the earlier collections of these difficult 

 birds, and the present paper, drawn up from their examination, is specially valuable. Com- 

 paratively few of the species, described as new by D'Orb. and Lafr., stand, most being pro- 

 vided with earlier names by Vieillot, Lesson, etc. Thaumatias neglectus, sp. n., p. 140:= 

 Ornismya bieolor D'Orb. &. Lafr. Upwards of 30 spp. are accounted for. 



1877. Elliot, D. G. [Amazilia lurida, sp. n. ] <^Anu. Mag. Nut. Hist.,ith .ser., xx, 



1877, pp. 404 . 



J^ot seen. Cf Ibis, 1878, p. 113. 

 1877. Elliot, D. G. Remarks on Selasphorus alleni, Henshaw. <^ BitU. Nutt. Ornith. 

 Club., ii. No. 4, Oct., 1877, pp. 97-102. 2 figs. 



Contends that S. alleni is the true S. rufits Gm., and names S. henshawi (p. 102) what Hen- 

 shaw had considered to be S. rufus. Cf. op. cit., ill, 1878, p. 11. 



1877. Henshaw, H. W. Description of a new species of Humming-Bird from Cali- 

 fornia. <] BuU.Nutt. Ornith. Club., ii, No. 3, July, 1877, pp. 53-58, 2 figs. 

 Selasphorus alleni, p. 53, compared at much length with .Sf. plafycereus. 



1877. Henshaw, H. W. Notes on the Habits of the Green-backed California Hiim- 

 ming Bird. Selasphorus Alleni, (Henshaw). <^ Field and Forest, iii. No. 6, 

 Dec, 1877, pp. 95-98. 



1877. Lawrence, G. N. Note on Doricha enicura (Vieill). < Bull. Nutt. Ornith. 

 Club, ii, No. 4, Oct., 1877, p. 108, 109. 



The 80-called '^Doricha tmicura (VieUl.)," which had been ascribed to the U.S., proves to 

 have been Calothorax lucifer (Sw.) ?. See Henshaw, Amer. Sportsm., v, Feb. 20, 1875, p. 

 328, and Rep. Expl. W. IWth Merid., Vol. V, p. 381. 



1877. Lawrence, G. N. Descriptions o' New Species of Biids of the Families Tro- 

 chilidaj and Tetraonida\ <^Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., i, Dec, 1877, pp. 50-52. 



Sporadinus bracei, p. 50, Bahamas; Orthorhynchus emigrans, p. 51, Venezuela; Cyrtonyz 

 sumichrasti, p. 51, Tehuantepec. (Cf Ibis, 1878, p. 468.) 



1877. Merrill, J. C. A Humming Bird [Amazilia cerviniventris] new to the Fauna 

 of the United States. <^Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, ii, No. 1. Jan.. 1877. p. 26, 



