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NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Calypte anna, C.orLD. 



ANNA HUMMING-BIRD. 



Ornismya amm, Lf.ssox, Oiseaux Moiulics, ls:30, (\) pi. cxxiv. Trochi his anna, Jaudine, 

 Nat. Lil». lluiiiniiii.i,'-l>ii<ls, 1, lt3, pi. vi. — Ari). Orn. IJi()<;. V, 1^31*, 4i>L<., pi. ccccxxviii. 

 — jr.. liinls Anu'iiia, IV, 1S4-', 1>8, pi. etlii. — llKKii.M. X, S, o^ (nest). Callipklox 

 anna, (l.v.MitKL, Vr. A. X. Sc. Phil. Ill, lbh>, '6. -In. Jonni. -J.l !*t'r. I, 1S47, 32. 

 Trochi/ lis (.Iff/iLs) annii, IJKKHKNnAcil, (."ab. Jtmr. Kxtrahct't for 1S.'.:J, 18r»4, App. 12. 

 Trochiha icferotrphal ns, Xi riAl.!., Man. I, (-Jtl ctl.,) 1&4(>, 712 (nuiU' with foirht-aJ eov- 

 ored with yellow pollen). Atthis mtna, Uaiud, l>inl.> X. Am. lh."»8, 137. Cah/jtteannw, 

 G()ULI», Introd. Trocliilidic. — ('otjPEU, Oni. Cal. I, 187o, 3.')8. 



Sp. Char. Lar<r«'st of North Amcrioan .species of ITiimininjr-Iiinl. Tail deeply forked; 

 external feather iiairow, linear. Top of the head, throat, and a moderate ruH", nietallio 



(■ri;iiso!i-re(l, with purple relleetion.<. Rest of 

 upper jiart.-* and a haml aeross the breast f^reen. 

 Tail-feathers purplish-I)ro\vn, darkest centrally. In 

 tb.e female the tail is slijjhtly rotmded, not emargi- 

 nate ; the scales of the head and tlnoat are want- 

 iiiir. Tail barred with black, and tipped with white. 

 Length, about 3.(50 ; wing, L'.(K>: tail, lA^t. 

 IIab. Mexico and coast region of California. 



The 0. fforesi of the tal)le-lands of 

 Mexico reseinhles this speeie.s in every 

 resi)ect except the tail, wliicli is some- 

 wliat hke tliat of Srlcsphort's rvfu.^. The 

 only Xortli American species to which the 

 male of this bird ])ears anv resemblance is the A. costiv, which litis the same 

 metallic crown and other oeneric features. The latter, however, is much 

 sniiiUer ; has the metallic reflections varied, 

 chietly violet, instetid of nearly uniform pur- 

 jtlish-red. Tlie tail is much less deeply forked, 

 the de])tli beiuL;- only about .1(1 of jui inch, in- 

 stead of .o2 '. the outer fetitlier is much nar- 

 rower. The females of the two, however, 

 a])i)ear to l>e distinguishable only l)y their 

 relative size. The absence of rufous, and the 

 rounded, not graduated, tail always sepamtes the female of anna from that 

 of Srh(>iphoriiH rnfnx. The larger size is the chief distinction from the 

 female Ca/j/pfr ('osfa\ while the size nnd less acutely ])ointed outer tail- 

 feathers distinguish it i'rom the female Twihilna rolnJrri^. 



We have never .seen any specimens of this bird taken (mt of C alifornia, 

 nor (pioted of late years as occurring in Mexico, although stated by Cxould to 

 ])elong to the talde-lands. 



Habits. This betiutiful Hununing-liird is found from the high table- 

 lands of Mexico throughout the western portions of that rcLjion, and through 



Calypte anna. 



Cahjpte anna. 



