BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 591 



fauna, no. 4, 1904, 19 (Huachuca Mts., Arizona, above 9,000 ft., in migra- 

 tion).— Miller (W. De W.), Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., xxi, 1905, 355 (Doa Pielea; 

 s. Sinaloa, 1 spec, April 17). — Bowles, Auk, xxiii, 1906, 144 (Tacoma, 

 Washington, 1 spec, May 10); Condor, x, 1908, 192 (Lake Chelan, Wash- 

 ington, breeding). — Johnson, Condor, viii, 1906, 27 (Cheney, Washington, 

 transient). — Sheldon, Condor, ix, 1907, 189 (Eagle Lake, n. California, 

 July). — Edson, Auk, xxv, 1908, 434 (Bellingham Bay, Washington, rare). — 

 Kermode, Prov. Mus., 1909, 52 (both sides of Cascade range, Brit. Columbia). 



[Stcllula] calliope Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 84. 



S[tcllula] calliope Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 465. 



Zephyritis (Stellura) calliope Mulsant and Verreaux, Classif. Troch., 1866, 88. 



[Stellura] calliope Mulsant, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n. s., xxii, 1876, 227. 



Stellura calliope Mulsant and Verreaux, Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouch., iv, livr. 2, 

 1877, 87. 



Selasphorus calliope Xantus, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, 190 (Ft. Tejon, 

 California). 



Trochilus calliope American Ornitholocjists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 

 436.— Scott, Auk, iii, 1886, 431 (Santa Catalina Mts., Arizona, 5,000 ft., 

 April, August).— To wnsend (C. H.), Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, 209 

 (lower McCloud R., California; descr. nests, etc.). — Merrill, Auk, v, 1888, 

 257 (Ft. Klamath, Oregon; habits, etc.; descr. nest).^ — Fannin, Check List, 

 Birds Brit. Col., 1891, 30 (both sides of Cascade Range). — Lawrence (R. II.), 

 Auk, ix, 1892, 44 (Grays Harbor, Washington, summer resid.). 



T[rochilus] calliope Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 316. 



A[Uliis] calliope Hartert, Das Tierreich, Troch., 1900, 211. 



[Atthis] calliope Sharpe, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 142. 



Genus ATTHIS Reichenbach. 



[Trochilus.] u. Althis Reichenbach, Aufz. der Colibr., 1854, 12. (Type, Ornis- 

 mya hrloisa Le.sson and Delattre.) 



Small Trocliili<l«3 (length about (55-70 mm.) related to Sdasphrrus 

 but (lifTering in form and coloration of the tail in the adult male, 

 which is slightly rounded, with rectrices broadly rounded at tip, the 

 lateral rectrices with basal half (more or less) cinnamon-rufous, suc- 

 ceeded by a black band and white terminal spot; gorget with feathers 

 rather more strongly indi^ddualized and relatively longer, especially 

 the lateral ones. 



Bill about as long as head or slightly shorter, slender, straight, 

 nearly terete; culmeii rounded, slightly contracted or indistinctly 

 ridged at extreme base; tomia smooth; mandible with the usual 

 lateral median groove. Nasal operculum hidden by appressed frontal 

 feathering, which anteriorly extends beyond nostrils, forming a very 

 short obtuse point or antia on each side of culmen. Tarsus feathered, 

 except along posterior side; outer toe slightly shorter than middle 

 toe, the inner too decidedly shorter, hallux (apparently) shorter than 

 outer toe. Wing about three times as long as exposed culmen, the 

 outermost primary, or two outermost, longest, the outermost nar- 

 rower and abruptly more or less attenuated (but not acuminate) 

 terminally. Tail about three-fiftlis as long as wing, rounded, the 



