62 Birds of Oregon and Washington 



Female : Sooty above ; sides of breast, rather deeper 

 red. 



Partly summer, and partly permanent, resi- 

 dent. 



THE RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD. 



These States, like those of the East, have in 

 most parts but one variety of the Hummingbird, 

 out of the eighteen in the United States arid the 

 350 in North and South America. The greater 

 number are in the tropical regions in these con- 

 tinents. The only one generally distributed in 

 our States is the Rufous Hummingbird. But in 

 certain localities in mountainous regions, and in 

 other favorable spots in the large area which 

 these States include, ornithologists have noted 

 the presence of at least three other species of 

 this interesting family ; namely : the Allen's, the 

 Calliope and the Black-chinned Hummingbirds. 



The Rufous Hummingbird is dainty, like all 

 of the family, beautiful and very abundant. His 

 appearance is the nearest to a suggestion of a 

 sprite that any bird gives us. So far as he 

 seems material, he carries with him the appear- 

 ance of a "winged gem," or again of a winged 



