THE CALLIOPE HUMMINGBJRIX 401 



No. 155. 

 CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD. 



A. (X v. No. 436. Stellula calliope Gould. 



Synonyms. — Cali.iopic Hummkr. Stak Hi'm.mkr. 



Description. — AiUtlt male: LIppcrparts golden-green; tail chiefly dusky, 

 rufous at base, paler on tijjs, slightly double-rounded, its feathers broadening dis- 

 tally and nearly rcjund at tips: sides cif throat and nnder])arts 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 uppcrjiarts. save tail, as in male; central tail-feathers green tip])ed 

 with dusky; remaining rectrices greenish gray mingled with rufous basally. 

 crossed with black, and tipped with white. Vouiuj 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. 00 125.41; 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 radintiii;; feathers of rose-pur]ile hue distinctive, hut 

 female hard to discriminate afield. 



Nesting. — Much as in other si)ecies. A v. size nf E(j<is: .47 x .30 (11.9X 

 7.6). Season: June or July according to altitude: one brood. 



General Range. — r)reeding in the mountains of the West, north to central 

 British Coluuiliia; south in winter to the moimtains 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 miique for the West-side, but the bird probablv breeds 

 in the Olympics also. 



Authorities. — ? Lawrence, .\uk, \'ol. IX. |an. 1892. |). 44. Bendirc. Life 

 Hist. .\. .\. Birds, Vol. TL 1895, ]). 2^<^ L'. O-". J. B. 



Specimens. — P'. C. 



ORXITHOLOGLSTvS have been hard put to it to provide names for 

 these most exquisite of birds, the Humtncrs. The realms of caililithology, 

 ciiromatics, esthetics, astronomy, history, classical mythology, and a .score 

 beside, Iiave been laid under tribute to secure such fanciful and high-sounding 

 titles as the Fiery Topaz. Ruby-and-Topaz. .\llied Kmerald. Red-throated 

 Sapphire, Sparkling-tail. Wliite-boote<l Racket-tail, Fork-tailed Rainbow, the 

 Sappho Comet, the Circe, Ri\'oli and Lucifer Hummers, the .Adorable 

 Cof|uctte. and, l:ist but not least, the trul\- Marvelous Humiuingbird ( Loddi- 

 gcsia iiiirabilis). What wonder, then, that with so many children to provide 

 for, Gould, the great monographer of the Trocltilidcc, should have named 



