120. STELLULA. 413 



s. c? ad. sk. Chilasco, Guatemala, Jan. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(O.S. S>-F.D. G.). 



t. S ad. sk. Guatemala ( O. S.). Gould Coll. 



u-w. S ad. sk. Guatemala {Skinner). Gould Coll. 



.r. S ad. sk. Cobau, Guatemala. Sclater Coll. 



120. STELLULA. 



Type. 



Stellula, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 90 S. calliope. 



Zephvritis (Stellura), Muls. i<f Verr. Class. Troch. p. 88 



(1865) S. calliope. 



Stellm-a, Muls. Ann. Sue. Liim. Lyon, xxii. p. 227 (1875). S. calliope. 



Range. California to Central ITexico. 



1. Stellula calliope. 



Trochilus (Calothorax) calliope, Gould, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 10. 

 Calothorax calliope, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 85 ; id. Eev. Zool. 1854, 



p. 257 ; Gould, Man. Troch. iii. pi. 142 (Sept. 1857) ; Xantus] 



Pr. Ac. Phil. 1859, p. 190 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 135 ; de Oca, 



La Nat. iii. p. 27. 

 Lucifer 8. Calothorax calliope, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13. 

 Stelhda calliope, Guidd, Infr. Troch. p. 90 ; Elliot, B. N. Am. i. 



pi. 23; id. Syn. Troch. p. 115; Villada, La Nat. ii. p. 359; 



Belding, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mm. i. p. 426. 

 Zephyritis (Stellura) calliope, Muk. i^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 88. 

 Stellura calliope, Mtils. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 87 ; id. Ann. 



Soc. Linii. Lyon, xxii. p. 227. 

 Trochilus calliope, Scott, Auk, iii. p. 431 ; Merrill, Auk, vi. p. 257. 



Adult male. Upper surface shining golden green, duller on the 

 crown ; under surface -vrhite, the feathers of the throat much elon- 

 gated laterally and each ending with a glittering rosy-red oval spot, 

 the white of the base of the feathers showing especially towards 

 the chin ; flanks tinged with buff and washed with green ; central 

 rectrices like the back, lateral dark without light tips, but narrowly 

 edged with cinnamon towards the base ; bill black. Total length 

 about 2-9 inches, wing 1-5, tail 0-9, bill 0-65. 



Female. Throat white, each feather with a small golden-green 

 discal spot ; flanks and under tail-coverts pale cinnamon ; lateral 

 rectrices tipped with white. 



Hab. Western North America and Central Mexico. 



a. (S ad. sk. Fort Klamath, Oregon, May Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{Capt. Bendire). 



b. S ad. ; c. 5 ad. Rocky Mountains. J. K. Lord fP.l 

 sk. 



d. S ad. sk. Lat. 48° 40' N. — Vaux [P.]. 



e. S ad. sk. Cohuila Valley, Cal., April G. F. Morcom FP 1 



{F. Stephens). ' 



f. d ad. sk. Oakland, Cal., Apiil ( W. E. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Bryant). 



g. S ad. : h. $ ad. Honey Lake, Cal., June (//. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 sk. W. Henshaw). 



