174 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



427. Cceligena clemenciae LESS. 



Blue-throated Hummingbird. 



Ornismya dementia LESS. Ois. Mouch. 1829, 216, pi. 80. 

 C&ligena clemeticice 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 LINNAEUS. 

 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 101, 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 alexandri 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 California, 

 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. 



