TKOCIIILUS ALEXANDRl-SBLAarilOKUS KUFUS. 559 



Trochilus alexandri. 



Black-cliiiiiicd lliiitiiiior. 



(Soong-ooh'-eh of the Paiutes.) 



Trochilus alexandri, Bourcieh & Mulsant, Ann. dc la Soc. d'Agric. de Lyons, 

 IX, 1840, 330.— Baird, B. N. Am., 1.S5S, 133; od. 18(J0, pi. 44, fig. 3; Cat. N. 

 Am. B., 1859, No. 102.— GoovKU, Oiii. Cal., I, 1870, 353.— CouES, Key, 1872, 

 184; Check List, 1873, 270.- B. B. & R., Hist. N. Am. B., II, 1874, 450, pi. 

 XLYir, fig. 1.— Henshaw, 1875, 373. 



This was the only Hummer which was encountered along everv 

 portion of our route, in the proper localities, it being equally common at 

 Sacramento City and among the mountains of Utah, as well as at favorable 

 intermediate points. Since we found, it in the Wahsatch, where it was asso- 

 ciated with Selasphorus pJalycercus, among the flowery meadows of the higher 

 slopes, it will be seen that its vertical range during the breeding-season 

 extends through fully 9,000 feet of altitude. At Sacramento it nested in 

 the oak groves in the outskirts of the city, where it was apparently more 

 numerous than Calypte anncc; while in the Interior it was equally common in 

 the river-valleys and on the higher slopes of the mountains. In its habits it 

 appeared to be a perfect counterpart of the eastern Ruby-throat (T. colubris). 



Lint of specimens. 



776, nest and eggs (2); Truckee Reservation, Jnne 1, 1868. Nest attached to 

 dead twig of grease-wood bush, on river-bank. 



777, i ad. (parent of the preceding;. 3j-| — 4|— (?) — 1|. Bill, black; iris, deep 

 sepia; tarsi and toes, black. 



1285, nest and eggs (2) ; Parley's Park, Jiuie 25, 1809. Nest on branch of scrub- 

 oak, in a grove. 



1352, 2 ad.; Parley's Park, Utah, June 28, 1869. 3§ — 4f. Bill, black ; iris, very 

 dark brown ; tarsi and toes, purplish black. 



1483, ijuv.; Parley's Park, July 30, 1860. 3J— if. Same remarks. 



Selasphorus rufus. 



Kiifoiis lliiniiiicr. 



{Soong-ooh' -eh of the Paiutes.) 



Trochilus rufus, Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, 1788, 497. 



Selasphorus rufus, SWAINSON, Fauna Bor. Am., II, 1831, 324. — Baird, B. N. Am., 

 1858, 134; Cat. N. Am. B., 1859, No. 103.— CooPER, Orn. Cal., 1,355.— Coues, 

 Key, 1872, 185; Che<!k List, 1873, No. 277.— B. B. & R., Hist. N. Am. B., II, 

 1S74, 4.-)9, pi. xLVii, fig. 4. — Henshaw, 1S75, 375. 



Among the sun-flowers {Hclianthus giguntcus !), which covered acres of 



