74 CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



410. Trochilus alexandri Bourc. and Muls. B 102. c 276. R 336. 



Alexander Humming-bird. 



'411. Selasphorus rufus (Gm.) Sw. b 103. c 277. R 340. 



Rufous Humming-bird. 



412. Selasphorus alleni Hensh. b — . c — . R 341. 



Allen Humming-bird. 



413. Selasphorus platycercus (Sw.) Gld. b 104. c 278. R 339. 



Broad-tailed Humming-bird. 



■ 414. Calypte annse (Less.) Gld. B 105. c 279. R 338. 



Anna Humming-bird. 



415. Calypte costae (Boiirc.) Gld. B lOG. c 280. R 337. 



Costa Humming-bird. 



416. Atthis heloisae (Less, and De Lat.) Reich. B — . C 281. R 342. 



Heloise Humming-bird. 



417. Stellula calliope Gld. b — . c 282. R 343. 



Calliope Humming-bird. 



418. Calothorax lucifer (Sw.) Gray, b — . c — . R S49. 



Lucifer Humming-bird. 



clature as a genus in that family in consequence of such usage on the part of Linnaeus. 

 — The name colubris might be an adjective formed from coluber, a snake, in allusion to 

 the scales on the hummer's throat ; but this is unlikely. There are old treatises on birds 

 in which the terms colibri, koUhri, coUbry occur, and the word is doubtless barbarous. 



410. T. a-iex-an'-dri. To Alexandre. 



411. Se-las'-phor-iis ru'-fus. Gr. a4\as, aixaos, light, and (popos, bearing, (pfpw, I bear ; eupho- 



niously compounded, at the expense of strict propriety. — Lat. rufus, rufous, reddish. 



412. S. al'-len-i. To C. A. Allen, of Nicasio, California. 



Not in the orig. ed. ; since distinguished from S. rufus by Mr. Henshaw : see Bull. 

 Nutt. Club, ii, 1877, p. 54. 



413. S. plat-y-cer'-ciis. Gr. ttAoti^s, broad, wide ; /c/p/cos, tail. 



414. C. an'-nae. Dedicated to the Duchess of Rivoli. 



This is Selasphorus anna in the orig. ed. 



415. Ca-lyp'-te cos'-tae. Gr. KoAvttttj, a proper name ; KaXvirroi, I conceal. — To Costa. 



This is Selasphorus costcn in the orig. ed. 



416. At'-this h€l-6-i'-sae. Gr. 'At0is, Attic, Athenian; probably in allusion to some peculiar 



charm of the bird. Attic was ne plus ultra Greek, as Parisian is par excellence French. 

 This is Selasphorus heloisce of the orig. ed. 



417. Stel'-lu-la cal-li'-6-pe. Lat. stellula, a little star, diminutive of stella, a star. — Gr. KaA- 



\t6irrj, Calliope, one of the Muses ; Ka\6s, feminine /coAAtj, beautiful, &c., and u\l/, voice. 



The application of the word to a voiceless bird is not obvious, unless it be simply 

 dedicatory. 



418. Cal-6-tho'-rax lu'-ci-fgr. Gr. Ka\6s, beautiful, and 6wpa^, thorax, chest. — Lat. Lucifer, 



Lucifer, the light-bearer, from lux, lucis, light, and fro, I bear. Both words note the 

 glittering plumage. 



Not in the orig. ed. ; since discovered in Arizona by H. W. Ilcnshaw ; and first 

 announced from that locality under the erroneous name of " Doricha enicura," in Am. 

 Sportsm., V, p. 328, Feb. 20, 1875. See Lawr., Bull. Nutt. Club, ii, 1877, p. 108. 



