HUMMINGBIRDS 



439- BuFK-BELLIED HUMMINGBIRD. 



Amizilis cerviniventris chalconota. 



Range.— Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas 

 and southward through Mexico. 



These birds are like the last but have the 

 underparts a pale brownish buff rolor. They 

 are quite common in f heir summer range in the 

 United States, nesting at a low elevation in 

 bushes and low trees. The two eggs are white, 

 .50 x .35. Data. — Brownsville, Texas, May 5, 

 1892. Nest of fine bark-like fibre on the out- 

 side, lined with lint from thistle plant; located 

 on limb of small hackberry. Collector, Frank 

 G. Armstrong. 



1-1-0. Xantus's Hummingbird. 

 Basilinna xantusi. 



Range. — Southern Lower California. 



A handsome species, greenish above, with a 

 coppery tinge and shading into reddish brown 

 on the tail; under parts huffy, throat metallic 

 green, and a broad white streak behind the eye. 

 They breed on the ranges making a similar 

 nest to those of other Hummers, placed on 

 weeds or bushes near the ground. The eggs 

 cannot be distinguished from those of the ma- 

 jority of other species. 



1 to. I . White-eared Hummingbird. 



Basilinna I en col is. 



Range. — A Central American and Mexican 

 species, casually found on the ranges in South 

 ern Arizona. 



The plumage of this species is greenish above ami below, being metallic green 

 on the breast: the forehead, sides of head, and throat are Iridescenl blue 

 and a white line extends hack from the eye. 



439 — 440.1 — 441 



HI. Broad-billed Hummingbird. Cynanthus latirostris. 



Range. — Mountains of central Mexico north to Bouthern Arizona and New 

 Mexico. 



The throat of this species is a rich metallic blue; otherwise the plumage Is 

 greenish above and below, being brighter and more Irlsdescenl <>n the breast. 

 They arc not uncommon on the ranges of Bouthern Arizona, where thej have 

 been found Resting in July and August, their n<>st not being unlike those of the 

 Rufous Hummer, hut with the exterior largely composed of Bhreds of grayish 

 hark and lichens. Their eggs are like man; others of the Hummers. 



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