115. CALTrxE. 405 



Selasphorus eostse, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. iy2; id. Rev. Zool. 1854 



p. 256 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 297. 

 Trochilus b. Atthis costo, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12 ; id. Troch 



Eniim. p. 10, pi. 836. ff. 4969-72. 

 Calypte costee, Oould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 134 (May 1856) ; id. Intr. 



troch. p. 88 ; Cooper, Orn. Cal. i. p. 360 ; Baird, Brew., 8f Ridgw. 



N. Am. B. ii. p. 457 ; de Oca, La Nat. iii. p. 166 ; Elliot, Syn. 



Troch. p. 107 ; Beldiny, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 542. 

 Attbis costse, Baird, B. N. Am. p. 138, pi. 19. 

 Zepliyi'itis costte, Mtds. ^- T'err. Class. Troch. p. 88. 

 Lucaria coste, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 69, pi. 104; id^ 



Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 227. 

 Trochilus costfe, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 145. 

 Trochilus costae, Ecerm. Aick, iii. p. 180 ; Scott, Auk, iii. p. 430. 



Adult male. Upper surface shining golden green ; crown and 

 throat glittering lilac-purple ; breast and middle of the abdomen 

 white, tianks washed with pale green ; under tail-coverts white, 

 with green discs ; central rectrices shining green, lateral dusky 

 green ; bill black. Total length about 3-5 inches, wing 1-8 ; tail 0-9, 

 central rectrices rather shorter ; bill 0-8. 



Adult f&male. Crown duller than the back ; under surface greyish 

 white ; throat with dusky discal spots ; lateral rectrices grey at the 

 base, greenish in the middle, white at the tip, and with a dark sub- 

 terminal band. 



Hah. California. 



a. 9 ad. sk. Riverside, California, April {F. Salvin-Godman CoU. 



Stepherts). 

 b-g. <S ad. sk. Colton, Cal., April (H. W. H). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 h~k. (S &di.; Ir- Colton, Aj^nl {F. Stephens). Salvin-Godman Coll, 



n. $ ad. sk. 

 0.(5 juv.sk. Smith Mt., Cal., July {F. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Stephens). 

 p. 5 ad. sk. Ballina, Cal., June, July {F. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Stepheris). 

 q. S ad. ; r. $ San Bernardino, Cal. {F. B. Salvin-Godman CoU. 



ad. sk. Her ran), 



s. 2 ad. sk. San Bernardino [F. D. G.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



t. $ ad. sk. San Bernardino, May {F. G. F. Morcom [P.]. 



Stephens), 

 u. S ad. ; V. 5 La Paz, Lower California, Nov. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ad. sk. {A. Forrer). 



tv-e'. (S ad. ; f- [California] (Floresi). Salvin-Godman & 



i'. cJ juv. ; /'- Gould CoUs. 



/'. 2 ad. sk. 



3. Calypte helenae. 



Orthorhvnclius helense, Lembeye, Aves de la Isla de Cuba, p. 70, 



pi. lo: f. 2. 



Calypte helense, Reich. Troch. Emim. p. 10, pi. 837. ff. 4973-75 ; 

 Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 136 (Mav 1856) ; id. Intr. Troch. 

 p. 88 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 354 ; id. Syn. Troch. p. 108 : Giaidl 

 Rep. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, i. p. 291 ; id. J. f. Orn. 1874, p. 144 ; id. 

 Orn. Cuba, pp. 100, 272; id. Auk, viii. p. 187 ; Mids. Hist. Nat. 

 Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 77, pi. 105; id. Ami. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii 

 p. 227; Cory, B. West Lid. p. 149. 



