174 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



427. Coeligena clemencias Less. 



Blue-throated Hummingbird. 



Ornismya clejneficice Less. Ois. Mouch. 1829, 216, pi. 80. 

 Coeligena clemencice Less. Ind. & Synop. Gen. Troch. 1832, p. xviii. 

 [B— , C— R— C— .] 

 Geog. Dist. — Southern Arizona, and the tablelands of Mexico to 

 Guerrero and Oaxaca. 



Genus TROCHILUS Linn^us. 

 Subgenus TROCHILUS. 



Trochilus Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 119. Type, by elimina- 

 tion, T. colubris Linn. 



428. Trochilus colubris Linn. 



Ruby-throated Hummingbird. 



Trochilus colubris Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 120. 

 [B loi, C 275, R335, C 409.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Eastern North America to the Plains, north to the 

 Fur Countries, breeding from Florida to Labrador, and south, in 

 winter, to Cuba, Mexico, and Veragua. 



429. Trochilus alexandri Bourc. & Muls. 



Black-chinned Hummingbird. 



Trochilus alexa?idri Bourc. & Muls. Ann. Soc. Agric. Lyons, 

 IX. 1846, 330. 



[B 102, C 276, R 336, C 410.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Pacific coast region, from California to British 

 Columbia, east to Utah and Arizona, and south to Lower CaHfornia, 

 the Valley of Mexico, and Guerrero. 



429.1. Trochilus violajugulum Jeffries. 

 Violet-throated Hummingbird. 



Trochilus violajugulum Jeffries, Auk, V. April, 1888, 168. 

 [B— C— , R— C— .] 

 Geog. Dist. — Coast of southern California (Santa Barbara). 

 Known only from the type specimen. 



