1912 BIRDS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (.1 



cubated eggs near Los Angeles, December 21, 1895 (Grinnell, Pub. 2, Pasadena 

 Acad. Sci., 1898, 2$), and H. Robertson look two eggs near Pasadena, August 

 17, 1900. 



204. (433) Selasphorus rufus (Gmelin). Rufous Hummingbird. 

 Common in late summer, fall and spring; apparently absent in midwinter. 



Particularly abundant in the blossoming orange groves during the spring migra- 

 tion in April. In July and August it is plentiful in the mountains up to at least 

 90C0 feet altitude. II. S. Swarth saw a male at Los Angeles, February 20, 1901, 

 probably an early migrant. 



205. (434) Selasphorus alleni Henshaw. Allen Hummingbird. 

 Breeds in the coast belt as far south as Ventura County, and is a permanent 



resident on the Santa Barbara Islands. Migrant over the rest of southern Cali- 

 fornia west of the mountains. Occurs in July and August up to 9000 feet in the 

 mountains. Frequently found in company with the last species during migration 

 seasons. 1 have noted it on Santa Cruz Island in midwinter, and Bradford Tor- 

 rey saw a bird in a park in San Diego, January 26, 1908 (Condor xi 1909, 173). 

 According to J. Grinnell, this hummer appears on Mt. Pihos, Ventura County, 

 about July first and becomes common a few days after that date. The males 

 appear first and are followed by the females and young (Auk xxn, 1905, 384). 

 F. Stephens has taken birds of this species in San Diego County in June and July 

 but he considers them early migrants and not breeding 1 birds as is implied by 

 Major Bendire in his "Life Histories". 



J. H. Bowles finds the Allen Hummingbird to breed commonly at Santa Bar- 

 bara, and has taken eggs in that locality as early as February 13 (1912) (Condor 

 xiv, 1912, 77). H. C. Burt took two slightly incubated eggs with the female 

 bird, near Santa Paula, Ventura County, April 5, 1911. He also found newly 

 hatched young in the same locality, April 12, following, and, on May 19, found 

 eggs far advanced in incubation. C. B. Linton informs me that this bird begins 

 to nest on the Santa Barbara Islands the latter part of March, and fresh eggs 

 may be found through April and May. Mr. Linton took two fresh eggs on San 

 Clemente Island, March 31, 1907, and J. Grinnell took a partially incubated set 

 on the same island, March 28, 1897 (Pub. 1, Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1897, 15). R. 

 M. Perez took two sets of fresh eggs on Catalina Island, April 15 and 16, 1911. 



206. (436) Stellula calliope (Gould). Calliope Hummingbird. 

 Common summer resident of the upper Transition and Canadian zones in 



the mountains, south to the San Jacinto Range. Occasional, during migrations. 

 on the lowlands and mesas along the base of the mountains. H. S. Swarth saw 

 a male near Los Angeles, April 23, 1898, and G. F. Morcom saw a male in a 

 garden in Los Angeles in spring (Condor n, 1900, 37). L. H. Miller took an 

 adult male at Riverside, in late March, 1892, and N. S. Goss took a pair in the 

 Volcan Mountains, San Diego County, April 15, 1884 (Belding, Land Bds. Pac. 

 Dist., 1890. 89). 



J. Grinnell found this hummingbird fairly common above 6500 feet on Mt. 

 Pihos, Ventura County, in the summer of 1904 (Auk xxn, 1905, 384). Mr. 

 Grinnell also took several sets of eggs in the San Bernardino Mountains, from 



