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Lower California, May), 530 (Santa Rosalia Bay), 531 (Cerros I., breeding), 

 542 (San Jos(5 del Cabo, Cape San Lucas, Mirafiores, and La Paz, Lower 

 California, breeding); vi, 1883, 343 (Guaymas, Sonora), 348 (mts. Lower 

 California below 2,000 ft.).— Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Om. Club, vii, 1882, 

 210 (Tucs6n, Arizona); Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., xli, 1902, 112 (Cape San 

 Lucas district; crit., habits, etc.). — Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 

 415. — Stephens, Auk, i, 1884, 354 (Colorado Desert). — Gault, Auk, ii, 

 1885, 309-311 (San Bernardino Co. ; descr. nest and eggs). — Salvin, Cat. 

 Birds Brit. Mus., xvi, 1892, 404. — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., 

 Aves, ii, 1892, 359.— Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N. IL, v, 1893, 36 (El Pinita, 

 Sonora, Oct.). — Anthony, Zoe, iv, 1893, 237 (San Pedro MartirMts., Lower 

 California, up to 7,500 ft., breeding); Auk, xii, 1895, 140 (San Fernando, 

 Lower California). — American Ornithologists' Union Committee, Auk, x, 

 1893, 62; Check List, 2d ed., 1895, no. 430; 3d ed., 1910, 203.— Hartert 

 (E. and C), Novit. Zool., i, 1894, 22 (California; descr. nest and eggs). — • 

 Bendire, Life Hist. Birds N. Am., ii, 1895, 202.— Grinnell (J.), Pub. 

 no. 1, Pasadena Ac. Sci., 1897, 15 (San Clemente I., 1 spec, March 30); 

 Pub. no. 2, 1878, 28 (Los Angeles Co., summer res.); Condor, vi, 1904, 42 

 (Palm Springs, Riverside Co., Dec); Univ. Calif. Pub. Zool., v, 1898, 71 

 (base of San Bernardino Mts., 2,500 ft., breeding). — Bailey (Florence M.), 

 Handb. Birds W. U. S., 1902, 236, fig. 310.— Fisher (A. K.), North Am. 

 Fauna, no. 7, 1893, 56 (Amaragosa Desert, Coso, Argus, Funeral, Panamint, 

 and Grapevine Mts., Death Valley, etc, s. e. California; Mt. Magruder, 

 Ash Meadows, Pahranagat Valley, Charleston Mts., Vegas Wash, Muddy 

 Mts., Bend of Colorado R., etc., s. Nevada, breeding; Beaver Dam Mts., 

 8. Utah; habits).— Stone, Proc Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1905, 682 (Cocopah 

 Major Mts., Arizona, breeding). — Swarth, Pacific Coast Avifauna, no. 4, 

 1904, 17 (Huachuca Mts., Arizona, up to 5,500 ft., breeding chiefly in val- 

 leys); Condor, vii, 1905, 79 (Santa Rita Mts., Arizona). — Kaeding, Condor, 

 vii, 1905, 134 (Todos Santos and San Benito islands and Turtle Bay, Lower 

 California, March, April). — Sharp, Condor, ix, 1907, 88 (San Diego Co., 

 breeding). — Visher, Auk, xxvii, 1910, 282 (Tucson, Arizona, summer res.). 



C[ali/pte] costae Heine, Journ. fiir Orn., 1863, 208. 



[Calypte] costse Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 84. 



C[alypte] costx Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 464. 



Atthis costx Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 138; ed. 1860 (Birds 

 N. Am.), 138, pi. 19; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 106; Rep. U. S. and 

 Mex. Bound., ii, pt. 2, 1859, 22, pi. 19 (Bill Williams Fork, Arizona).— 

 Xantus, Proc. Ac Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, 190 (Ft. Tejon).— Coues, Proc. 

 Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1866, 57 (Bill Williams Fork and Ft. Mojave); 1868, 82 

 (s. Arizona). — Boucard, Ann. Soc Linn. Lyon, xxii, 1875, 20. 



Zephyritis costae Mulsant and Verreaux, Classif. Troch., 1866, 88. 



[Leucaria] costae Mulsant, Ann. Soc Linn. Lyon, n. s., xxii, 1876, 227. 



Leucaria costae Mulsant and Verreaux, Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouch., iv, livr. 1, 

 1877, 69, pi. 104; Suppl., pi. 6. 



[Calypte] costal Simon, Cat. Troch., 1897, 39. 



CALYPTE HELEN.S (Lembeye). 



HELENA'S HUMMING BIRD. 



Adult male. — Wliole head, except postoculur region (narrowly) very 

 brilliant metallic rose red (sligJitly more purplish red on pileinn), the 

 feathers on sides of throat much elongated; hindneck, back, scapu- 



81255°— Bull. 50—11 40 



