113. SELASPHOKUS. 393 



Troclnlus (Helasphorus) rufus, Sw. Fnmi. Bor.-Am. ii p 3->5 

 belasphorus ruins 6r'a«^ Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 1^7 (May 1852); id 

 Intr. Troch p. 88 (partim) ; Baird, B. N. Am. p. 134 (L-tim) ■ Scl 

 Cat Am. ^ p. 297 ; id. P. Z. S. 18G4, p. 177 ; Muls. Tven-C'lasi' 

 J rock p 89 ; Brown Ibis, 18G8, p. 419 ; Baird, bL., ^ Ri^. 

 H-'-f vf ;.'•■ P-i'^^ iV^^^^^) ; de Oca, La Nat. iii. p. 99; Muls 

 Hist. Aut Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 10(5 (partim) ; id. Ann 8oc Linn 

 Lijon, xxn. p. 227; Beldin;,, Pr. U.s! Nat. Mus. i p 427 



^'5.''7vS;5!'p" m!'' "^'''"'' ^"^^' ^^^"''- ^''"- ^'"^' ''■ I'- ^0-' ^^'■ 



F.. /. .V. Z>.c.. d'llist. %at. vii. p.^369; k SS^f^Vofe 

 Selaspliorus ruber Bp Consp. Av. \%. 82 ; id. Mev. Zool. 18.?4, p 256 • 



^Mellisuga surinamensis, ^ms. Oo«. iii. p 70] 



P ^^^eau-Mouche pourpre, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. Vi. p. 24 



? Little Brown Humming. Bird, Edw. pi. 32 ; Lath. 8yn. i pt. 2, p. 778. 



^cZ«Z< «*«7«. Upper surface, including the back of the neck anrl 

 upper tail-covertsciunamon-rufous; crown shining goMen teen 

 each feather edged with cinnamon; throat glittering red ; breast 

 and middle of the abdomen white; flanks and under t^ Coverts 

 e.nnamon ; t^il dark cinnamon, tipped with black, the submed'an 

 rectnces with a deep excision near the end of the inner web and a 

 snialler one on the outer web; bill black. Total length about 

 3-0 inches, wing l-H, tail M, bill 0-75. ° 



Adult female. Upper surface shining grass-green, duller on the 

 crown ; under surface white ; throat with duskj- discLl spot' flanks 

 and under tail-coverts washed with cinnamon ; tail cinnamo i' at Jhe 

 bnse, central rectrices shining green, darker ^nd blu r a "L t^ 



itck bind ' ''''''''' "^^^ "^"^^ ""'^ ^''^^ '^ subtermiiS 



Hub. Western North America from Sitka southwards to Central 



Mexico. 



',\° J ] -tSiitisii Colombia. J K LorH TP 1 



'I d ad. sk. Saa Juan I., Brit. Colombia, j! K. LoJd | P f 



June. '- ■-'■ 



r 2 ad. sk. Rocky Mountains. J K I ord TP 1 



i 'i tf\. Pl'^'T^, ^^^"'t'^- ^^""W Poll. 



^. d Jiu. sk. Lake lahoe, Nevada, Sept. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



i-ri. H . Henshmo). 



I. S ad.sk. San Francisco (H. If H ) R.,lvin ('.a,. r- n 



