348 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1890. 



Eange. — Coast region of California and Britisb Columbia; Arizona 

 (Santa Cataliua Mountains, rare). 



Sp. Char. — Adult male with top of head, hind neck, back, scapulars 

 and wing-coverts metallic green; rump, upper tail coverts, tail, lores, 

 orl/ital region, ear-coverts, sides, and flanks cinnamon rufous; gorget 

 intensely brilliant metallic scarlet (exactly as in S rufus)', chest white; 

 tail feathers next to middle pair tapering gradually, without notch or 

 sinuation near tip, and outer tail-feathers much less than .10 of an inch 

 wide; length about 3.25-iJ.40, wing 1.50-1.55, tail 1.05-1.15, exposed 

 culmen 0.60-0.65. 



Adult female metallic green above, with basal portion of tail-coverts 

 and of all the tail-feathers cinnamon rufous ; four middle tail-feathers 

 blackish terminally, metallic green subterrainally ; three outer pairs 

 chiefly blackish, with broad white terminal spots, the outermost with 

 little if any rufous at base and not more than 0.10 of an inch wide; length 

 about 3.30-3.40, wing 1.65-1.70, tail 1.00-1.15, exposed culmen 0.05-0.70. 



Adult male (No. 81133, Nicasio, Marin County, California, March 17, 

 1877; C. A. Allen): Forehead, crown, hind neck, back, scapulars, and 

 wing-coverts metallic green; lores, orbital region, ear-coverts, sides of 

 neck, sides of the bod}^ rump, upper tail-covorts, and tail, deep cinna- 

 mon-rufous, the feathers of the rump tipped with metallic green and 

 the tail feathers marked at tips with a median broad streak of purplish 

 dusky (about 0.40 long on middle feathers) ; remiges dusky brownish 

 slate, faintly glossed with purplish. Gorget intensely brilliant metal- 

 lic scarlet, varying to golden and ruby (exactly as in S. rufus) ; chest 

 white ; remaining lower parts cinnamon-rufous, paler along median 

 line of breast and belly, deeper on sides; downy tufts between rump 

 and flanks pure white. Length (skin), 3.40; wing, 1.50; tail, 1.15, the 

 lateral feathers 0.30 shorter; exposed culmen 0.65. 



Adultfemale (No. 84135, Nicasio, Marin County, California, March 

 17, 1877, C. A. Allen): Above metallic green, becoming mnch duller 

 and more dusky on anterior part of head; feathers of rump and upper 

 tail-coverts cinnamon-rufous basally, metallic green at tips; tail-feathers 

 extensively cinnamon-rufous at base; two middle pairs black terminally 

 and metallic green subterminally ; three outer pairs with broad white 

 tips, preceded by a much more extensive subterminal space of black, 

 the second and third with alitttle metallic green between the black and 

 the basal rufous, which is much duller than that on the middle feathers ; 

 remiges dusky, faintly glossed with purplish. A superciliary stripe of 

 dull rusty buff, extending to above the eyes; lores darker; sides of 

 chin, malar region, suborbital region, and ear-coverts pale dull bulfy, 

 fading into white on the throat and middle portion of the chin, the 

 former spotted with metallic orange-red ; chest and belly white ; sides 

 and flanks light cinnamon rufous, the under tail-coverts similar, but 

 paler. Bill and feet black. Length (skin), 3.30 ; wing, 1.65 ; tail, 1.00, 

 the outer feathers, 0.22 shorter ; exposed culmen, 0.65. 



