The Birds of II yoniing 



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I,isi, ..'ii< I edition, refers this species to Wyoming; l>u! upon 

 wli.ii authority I am unable to state. The Smithsonian [n 

 stitution reports thai theii numbei 88,138 was taken b) R W. 

 Shufeldl al Hunter's ranch, which is in southern Carbon coun 

 iv. (.11 \ notes "abundanl breeding in fune, in the mosl inac 

 cessible 1 ra< I ■ and 1 revices on the face ol the andstone cliffs 

 1 1 < • . 1 1 Newcasl le." 



HUMMINGBIRDS. 



432. Selasphorus platycercus (Swain i 



Broad-tailed Hummingbird. 



Summei residenl and verj common. This is the only 

 hummingbird that is found in an) number in Wyoming They 

 nesl usuall) in spruce trees up to 8,000 feet. In the Laramie 

 mountains, ten miles easl oi Laramie, I have seen a hall dozen 

 mi these birds resting on the branches ol a dead tree The 

 nests are usuall) fastened to the uppei side oi the limb oi •• 

 tree not over si 01 eighl feel from the ground and are c< >vei ed 

 with moss. The nests thai I have taken contained two white 



Dre el tool pe ins ol this species al F< >i i I \\ idger 



in 1X5K; Coues refers to several specimens thai have been 

 1. 1 1 en in \\ • oming ; Grinnell found them abundanl in the moun 

 tains aboul Lake Como; Jesurun finds them numerous al 

 I »< h 1 • ■ I .- 1 . and Bond common al Che) enne. 



433. Selasphorus rufus (Gmel.), 



Kufous Hummirujbird. 



Probably a summer resident. The Wyoming record rests 

 upon two spci imens, one of whit li is in the 1 University museum 

 and 1 In- ui 1 11 1 was taken by Bond al Cheyenne in [901, The ' Ini 

 • 1 it) specimen was taken b) Charles Cilmore on Aug 14, 

 iK<;7, in the BYeezeoul hills. Gilmore notes thai il was feeding 

 upon a thistle when taken. This record was published l»v 

 ( '1 11 il e in I lull. 11, liiii 1 redil was ovei lool 1 'I 



