BIKDS or NORTH AND MIDDLE AMEKICA. Gil 



Sonora, and Cliihiialuia (Santa Barbara, September) ; also resident 

 throughout greater part ol" its range, as far northward (at kuist) as 

 Belhnghum Bay, Washington. 



(?) Ornismya sasin Lesson, Hist. Nat. OiH.-Mouch., JS2y, pp. xxx, 190, pis. (>(], G7 

 (based on Ze 5fls{?i Audebert, Ois. Dores, i, 133, ]>]. 02); Suppl. OiK.-Mouch., 

 1831-32, 121, 123, 124, pis. 11, 12, 13 (California); Les Troch., 1831, 117, 

 pi. 43 (California); Index Gen. et Synop. Troch., 1832, p. xxxv (California). 



Sclasphoni^ sasin Hartert (E. and C), Novit. Zool., i, no. 1, Jan., 1894, 22, 64 

 (California; crit.). 



Selasphorus rufus (not Trochilm rufus Gmelin) Gcjuld, Mon. Troch., pt. iii, 1854, 

 pi. 5; vol. iii, 1861, pi. 141, part; Introd. Troch., oct. ed., 1861, 88, part.— 

 Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 134, part (spec. no. 6059, Steila- 

 coom, Washington). — Cooper and Suckley, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., xii, 

 pt. 2, 1860, 164, part (Washington).— Cooper, Orn. Cal., 1870, 355, part.— 

 Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 459, part. — 

 MuLSANT and Verreaux, Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouch., iv, 1877, 106, part. — 

 Elliot, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, ii, 1877, 101, excl. syn. (crit.); Classif. and 

 Synop. Troch., 1879, 110, excl. syn., part. — Boucard, Gen. Hum. Birds, ii, 

 1892, 7, part. 



Selasphorus alleni Henshaw, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, ii, July, 1877, 53-58 (Nicasio, 

 Marin Co., California; coll. H. W. Henshaw); iii, 1878, 11-15 (crit.); Field 

 and Forest, iii, 1877, 95-98 (habits).— Elliot, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, ii, 1877, 

 97-102 (crit.).— Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 187, 218, 314 

 (Nicasio to Santa Cruz, California); Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 341; Rep. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus. for 1890 (1891), 347 (monogr.; habits); Man. N. Am. Birds, 

 2d ed., 1896, 598.— Crowell, Ornith. and Oolog., \'ii, 1883, 126-128 (habits 

 in confinement). — Emerson, Ornith. and Oolog., xi, 1886, 37 (nesting 

 habits).— CouES, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 412.— Salvin, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus., xvi, 1892, 394 (Nicasio, Tejon, and Coahuila Valley, California). — 

 American Ornithologists' Union Committee, Auk, x, 1893, 62; Check 

 List, 2d ed., 1895, no. 434; 3d ed., 1910, 204.— Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N. II., 

 V, 1893, 36 (Bisbee, Arizona, Aug., Sept.; Santa Barbara, Chihuahua, Sept. 

 21).— Hartert (E. and C), Novit. Zool., i, 1894, 63 (crit.; descr. nest and 

 eggs). — Bendire, Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1895, 216. — Grinnell (J.), 

 Pub. no. 1, Pasadena Ac. Sci., 1897, 15 (San Clemeute I.; descr. nest and 

 eggs); Pub. no. 2, 1898, 28 (Los Angeles Co., Cal., March, April); Condor, iii, 



1901, 128 (breeding range); Auk. xxii, 1905, 384 (Sej^mour Canyon, Mt. 

 Pinos, California, 6,500 ft.; habits); xv, 1898, 235 (Santa Catalina I., Dec. 

 abundant); Univ. Cal. Pub. Zool., v, 1908, 71 (San Bernardino Mts., June 

 28-Aug. 29; not breeding).— Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxii, 1900, 

 230 (Santa Cruz I., July).— Bailey (Floreiice M.), Ilandb. Birds W. U. S., 



1902, 241.— Rathbun, Auk, xix, 1902, 135 (Seattle, Washington, rare summer 

 res.). — Brooks, Auk, xx, 1903, 282 (158-mile House, Caribou Distr., Brit. 

 Columbia, breeding).— Stone, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1904, 582 (Mt. 

 Sanhedrin, Mendocino Co., California). — Ricuardson, Condor, iv, 1904, 135 

 (Piute Mts., s. e. California); x, 1908, 66 (Santa Catalina I., breeding). — 

 SwARTH, Pacific Coast Avifauna, no. 4, 1904, 19 (Iluachuca Mts., Arizona, 

 July).— Jenkins, Condor, viii, 1906, 126 (Monterey Co., California). — 

 Bowles, Auk, xxiii, 1906, 144 (Tacoma, Washington, spring). — Linton, 

 Condor, x, 1908, 84 (San Clemenle I., breeding), 127 (Santa Cruz I., Nov.).— 

 Edson, Auk, XXV, 1908, 134 (Bellingham lUiy, Washington, resident). — 

 Wright, (^Jiidor, xi, 1909, 100 (Los Coronados Islands, Lower California). — 

 ToRREY, Condor, xi, 1909, 173 (San Diego, Jan.). — Van Rossem, Condor, xi, 



