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Rocky mountains ; three specimens were shot and a nest was found 

 containing two eggs; the nest was attached to the branch of a 

 spruce tree seven feet from the ground. (W. Raine.) Mr. T. W. 

 Hanmore, who has been stationed at Tyonck, Cook inlet, Alaska, 

 for eleven years, says that he has seen hummingbirds there several 

 times. (Osgood.) One specimen seen on Eagle island, Lynn canal, 

 and one at Glacier, above Skagway, and a nest with two eggs taken. 

 One was seen at the west arm of Lake Bennett, about lat. 60°, B.C., 

 on June 24th, 1899. (Bishop.) 



This species is a summer resident at Sitka and beyond, thus 

 occurring far along the coast of the North Pacific. (Nelson.) 

 Tolerably common in the more open clearings about Sitka, Alaska, 

 and along the quiet shores of the secluded inlets. A nest with eggs 

 ^nearly hatched was found on June loth. It was five feet from the 

 ground on a horizontal branch of a fir tree. (Grinnell.) 



434. Allen Hummingbird. 



Selasphorus alleni Hensh. 1877. 



Eastern Coast range and Rocky mountain districts. (Fannin.) 

 One specimen shot about six miles up Eagle pass, west from Revel- 

 stoke, B.C., May 25th, 1890; next day another specimen was taken 

 at Revelstoke; not uncommon at Sicamous, B.C., in July, 1889; 

 two seen at Penticton, B.C., May ist, 1903. (Spreadborough.) 

 Breeding near 150-mile House, Cariboo district, B.C., 1901. (Brooks.) 



CLXXXII. STELLULA Gould. 1861. 



436. Calliope Hmnmingbird. 



Stellnla calliope Gould. 1861. 



Summit of Rocky mountains, altitude 7,000 feet. (Lord.) East 

 and west of Coast range. (Fannin.) Common at the Crow Nest 

 pass, Alta., in August, 1897; breeding in considerable numbers at 

 Banff, Rocky mountains, in June and July, 1891 ; while camped at 

 Deer park. Lower Arrow lake, Columbia river, B.C., in the early 

 part of June, 1890, I took seven specimens and they were so abun- 

 dant that many others could have been taken ; they were not observ- 

 ed examining flowers but were seen perching on small trees and 



