June, 1902. CHECK-IJST OF CALIFORNIA BIRDS ' 41 



245 (429) Trochilus alexandri Bourcier & Mulsant. 



Black-chinned Hummingbird. 



Status— Abundant summer visitant to the southern part of the State and north through 

 the interior valleys to the McCloud River; breeds chiefly in Upper Sonoran. 



246 (430) Calypte costae (liourcier) Gould. 



Costa Hummingbird. 



Syn. — Trochilus cos Ire; Aiihis casta; Selasphorus castes . 



Status — Common summer visitant to the Lower Sonoran Zone in the southern part of the 



State both east and west of the Sierras; recorded north through Owens Valley, and 



rarely to San Francisco and Oakland. 



247 (431) Calypte anna (Lesson) Gould. 



Anna Hummingbird. 



"^Ys^. — Trochilus anna; Ornismya antia\ Atthis anna; Selasphorus anna; Mellisuga 



anna; Trochilus icterocephalus; Calltphlox anna. 

 Status — Abundant resident of Upper Sonoran west of the Sierras; in late summer found 



up through Boreal; recorded north to Mount Shasta and Yreka. 



^48 (43 1. 1) Selasphorus floresii Gould. 



Floresi Hummingbird. 



Syn. — Trochilus floresii; Selasphorus rubrontitratus. 



vStatus — Known only from the records by Bryant of a specimen obtained at San Francisco 



in 1885, and by Emerson of a male specimen secured by him at Haywards, Februarj- 20, 



1901. 



249 (432) Selasphorus platycercus (vSwainson) Bonaparte. 

 Broad-tailed Hummingbird. 



Status — Rather rare summer visitant to the Sierra Nevada (Lake Tahoe to Sequoia 

 National Park); specimen recorded by R. C. McGregor taken at Oakland, May 8, 1890. 



250 (433) Selasphorus rufus (Gmelin) Swainson. 



Rufous Hummingbird. 



Svs. — Trochilus ru/i/s, part; Selasphorus ruber; CaUiphlox rufa; Selasphorus hensha-ui. 



Stattjs — Abundant spring and fall migrant almost throughout the State; fairly common 



through the summer and breeds in the Boreal Zone of the central and northern Sierras. 



251 (434) Selasphorus alleni Henshaw. 



Allen Hummingbird. 



Syn. — Trochilus rufus, part; Selasphorus rufus, part; Trochilus alleni. 



Status— Common summer visitant to the humid coast belt from Monterey northward, 

 including the San Francisco Hay Region; migrant through southern California; per- 

 manent resident on Santa Catalina and San Clemente Islands. 



