402 



a', d" ad. ; //', c\ Voloiin df I'hiriqui (.Irt'e). Salvin-Godiuau Coll. 



$ ad. sk. 

 d',e'\ 5 ad. ,st. Purchased. 



2. Trochiliis alexandri. 



Trochilus alexandri, Bourc. Sf Muls. Ann. Sc. Phi/s. et Nat. Lyon, iii. 

 p. 330 (1840) ; iid. Rev. Zool. 184G, p. 316 ; Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, 

 p. 256; Cass. III. B. Cal. Sf Texas, p. 141, pi. 22; Gould. Mon. 

 Troch. iii.pl. 132 (Sept. 1857); id. Intr. Trnch. p. 87; Baird, N. Am. 

 B. p. 133, pi. 14. f. 3 ; Xantus, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1859, p. 190 ; Cah. (^ 

 Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 57 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 297 ; id. P. Z. S. 

 1864, p. 177 ; Graij, Hand-l. B. i. p. 136 ; Coues, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1868, 

 p. 82; Villada, La Nat. ii. p. 351 ; de Oca, La Nat. iii. p. 102 ; Elliot, 

 Syyi. Troch. p. 106 ; Beldinq, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 426 ; Everm. 

 Auk, iii. p. 130; Scott, Auk, iii. p. 430 ; Lloyd, Auk, v. p. 192. 



Selasphorus j3. Archilochus alexandri, Reich. Aufz. d. Cul. p. 13 ; 

 id. Troch. Enum. p. 10, pi. 855. ff. 5030-32. 



Ornisuija alexandri, Muls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 91 ; Mills. Hist. 

 Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 61 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. 

 p. 226. 



Adult male. Similar to that of T. colubris, but with the chin and 

 upper half of the throat black, the lower half glittering violet- 

 purple. 



The adult female and young male are hardly to be distinguished 

 from those of T. coluhris, but the bill is usually longer. The young 

 male, too, is at once known when the throat-ieathers of the adult 

 begin to appear. 



JIah. "VVestorn North America, California, Utah, &c., migrating 

 south in winter to Mexico, but not beyond. 



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Rocky Mountains. 



Lat. 48° 40' N., 1300 feet above 



the sea. 

 Cohuila Valley, California 



(-F. Stephens). 

 Morant Meadow, Cal. {L. 



B elding). 

 Coltrn, Cal., April {H. W. 



Henshaiv). 

 Colton, April {F. Stephens). 

 Anderson, Cal., May {W. E. 



Bryant). 

 Ballina, Cal., May, June {F. 



Stephens) . 

 San Bernardino, Cal. {R. B. • 



Herron). 

 Utah, July (Ii, Rid(/ivay). 

 Ogden, Utah, April {W. B. 



Piatt). 

 Bowie, Arizona, Aug. (//. W. 



Henshcnc). 



Grant, Arizona, Sept. {H. 

 W. H.). 



J. K. Lord [P.]. 



— Vaux, Esq. [P.]. 



G. F. Morcom [P.]. 



H. K. Coale [P.]. 



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Salvin-Goduian Coll. 

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Salvin-Godman Coll. 



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R. B. Sharpe [PJ. 

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Salvin-Godman Coll. 

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