Hummingbirds 



431. Anna Hummingbird {C-lypte annce). L. 3.6. 

 Ad. <$. Crown and throat glittering purplish pink; 

 feathers at sides of throat much lengthened. Ad. 9- 

 Above green; below grayish washed with green; throat 

 usually with pink feathers; tail with a narrow white 

 tip. Yng. Similar but browner above. 



Range. — Western United States, from northern Lower California 

 north to northern California; east to southern Arizona; south In winter 

 to Mexico; recorded from Guadalupe Island. 



432. Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selaspborus platy- 

 cercus), L. 4. Ad.rf. Outer primary very narrow, 

 end sharp; crown green, throat pink; tail green above, 

 purplish below without white tips. Ad. 9. Outer 

 tail-feathers rusty at base, then black with a broad 

 white tip; middle feathers entirely green; above bronzy 

 green; throat feathers with dusky centers; sides rusty. 



Range. — Rocky Mountains: west, rarely to eastern California; 

 north to southern Wyoming and Idaho; winters south of United States. 



433. Rufous Hummingbird (Selaspborus ritfits), 

 L. 3.6. Ad. c?\ Next to middle pair of tail-feathers 

 notched near tip of inner web; back reddish brown some- 

 times washed with green. Ad. 9- Sides rusty, back 

 green, throat spotted with green and sometimes ruby, 

 outer tail-feathers rusty at base, then black and a 

 white tip, the feather more than .12 wide; middle tail- 

 feathers green at base, end black. Vug. cf. Similar to 

 9 but all tail-feathers rusty at base. 



Range.— Western United States; breeds from the higher mountains 

 of southern California and Arizona, north to Lat. 61 ° in Alaska; dur- 

 ing migrations east to Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, 

 and western Texas; winters in southern Mexico. 



434. Allen Hummingbird {Selaspborus alleni). L. 

 3.6. Ad. c? . Crown and back green, and tail rusty 

 tipped with dusky, no notch in tail-feathers; in other 

 respects like No. 433. Ad. 9 and Yng. cf. Like the 

 same of No. 433, but outer tail-feather less than .12 in. 

 wide. 



Range. Pacific coast, from Monterey, California, north to British 

 Columbia; migrates south through Arizona, and southern California 

 to Mexico. 



435. Morcom Hummingbird (Attbis morcomi). 

 L. 2.9. Ad. 9. Above bronzy green; middle tail- 

 feathers bronzy green tinged with rusty on basal half; 

 rest of tail-feathers rusty brown, then green, then black 

 and tipped with white; below white, sides rusty, 

 throat spotted with bronze-green. (Ridgw.) Male 

 unknown. 



Range. - Huachuca Mountains, southern Arizona, (known from one 

 specimen.) 



43 6. Calliope Hummingbird (Stellula calliope). 

 L. 3. Ad.rf. Throat purplish pink, white at base 

 showing through; above green. Ad. 9- Sides rusty, 

 throat with green spots, above green, outer tail-feathers 

 gray at base, then black, then white in nearly equal 

 amounts. Yng. r^. Similar to 9- 



Range. — Mountains of western United States; breeds north to 

 Montana. Idaho, and British Columbia; west to eastern Oregon and 

 eastern California; winters south of United States; rare on Pacific 

 coast of United States. 



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