THE CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD. ce 
No. 155. 
CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD. 
A. O. U. No. 436. Stellula calliope Gould. 
Synonyms.—Catiiopk Hummer. Star Hummer. 
Description.—Adult male: Upperparts golden-green; tail chiefly dusky, 
rufous at base, paler on tips, slightly double-rounded, its feathers broadening dis- 
tally and nearly round at tips; sides of throat and underparts white, washed 
with greenish and brownish on sides; gorget somewhat produced laterally, of 
lengthened acuminate feathers having white bases, rose-purple, or violet, with 
lilac reflections. Bill straight, black above, yellowish below. Adult female: 
Coloration of upperparts, save tail, as in male; central tail-feathers green tipped 
with dusky; remaining rectrices greenish gray mingled with rufous basally, 
crossed with black, and tipped with white. Young birds resemble adult female 
but are heavily washed with rufous below and have throat more or less specked 
with dusky. Length of adult male: 2.75-3.00 (60.9-76.2); wing 1.55 (39.4); 
tail 1.00 (25.4); bill .57 (14.5). Female much larger—up to 3.50 (88.9). 
Recognition Marks.—Pygmy size; the smallest of the northern ranging 
species ; gorget of male with radiating feathers of rose-purple hue distinctive, but 
female hard to discriminate afield. 
Nesting.—Much as in other species. Av. size of Eggs: .47 x.30 (11.9x 
7.0). Season: June or July according to altitude; one brood. 
General Range.—Breeding in the mountains of the West, north to central 
British Columbia; south in winter to the mountains of Mexico. 
Range in Washington.—Summer resident, chiefly in Transition and Canadi- 
an zones, east of the Cascades, and in these mountains to the limit of trees. Mr. 
Lawrence’s record remains unique for the West-side, but the bird probably breeds 
in the Olympics also. 
Authorities.— ? Lawrence, Auk, Vol. IX. Jan. 1892, p. 44. Bendire, Life 
ici NA. Birds, Vol. Il. 1895, p. 219. Lt. D2. J. B. 
Specimens.—P". C. 
ORNITHOLOGISTS have been hard put to it to provide names for 
these most exquisite of birds, the Hummers: The realms of callilithology, 
chromatics, esthetics, astronomy, history, classical mythology, and a score 
beside, have been laid under tribute to secure such fanciful and high-sounding 
titles as the Fiery Topaz, Ruby-and-Topaz, Allied Emerald, Red-throated 
Sapphire, Sparkling-tail, White-booted Racket-tail, Fork-tailed Rainbow, the 
Sappho Comet, the Circe, Rivoli and Lucifer Hummers, the Adorable 
Coquette, and, last but not least, the truly Marvelous Hummingbird (Loddi- 
gesia mirabilis). What wonder, then, that with so many children to provide 
for, Gould, the great monographer of the Trochilide, should have named 
