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NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Calypte anna, (idULn. 



ANNA HUHMINO-BIKD. 



Ornismiia oniw, |j;ss(ix, Oiscuiix Moiiclics, l,s;{0, (?) pi. cxxiv. Trochilus anna, Jaudixe, 

 Nat. I,il>. lluiiiiiiiii;;-l>iicls, 1, Wi, \i\. vi. — All). Oiii. IJio},'. V, Ksyst, -lliS, \i\. ccocxxviii. 

 — 111. Ilirds Aiiu'iua, IV, 18t-.>, 1>S8, pi. nlil. — IIkkiim. X, ,S', TjO (ii^^t). Calliphhij: 

 atnia, C.vMiii'.i., I'r. A. N. Sc. I'liil. Ill, ISliI, ;i. -hi. Jouni. il .*•!■. I, 1S47, 32. 

 Troc/ii/a^ (./W/k'.v) anna, IJlcicilKMi.M'll, Cab. .lour. Kxtialici't lor 18,"i3, 18r)4, App. 12. 

 Troclii/a.i idiTocr/i/ia/as, Xiitam., Man. I, ("Jil cil.,) 1S40, 7V1 (mail' with Ibiclu'aJ cov- 

 P1P(1 witli yellow polk'ii). J/t/iis (iniia, It.MUii, liiiils N. Am. 1S,')8, 137. Ca I iipk ajii'M; 

 (iiiri.l), Iiitroil. 'rroiliilida;. — ('(iiU'Hl!, Oni. Cal. I, 1870, 3.')8. 



Si'. CiiAU. Larjrcsl nl' N'oilli Aiuericaii .<pL't'it's ol' Iliiiiiiiiiiifr-ISinl. Tail deeply forked; 

 external I'eallier narrnw, liiieai'. Top of the liead, lliroal, and a moderate mil', niotallio 



rriiiiso!i-red, willi purple relleetioii.i. Rest of 

 iip])er pails and ii hand aeross llie liroatit green. 

 Tail-I'eallier.< pnipli.sli-liiown. darkest centrally. In 

 llie female the tail i.s .slij,dilly ronmled, not eniargi- 

 nate ; the seales of tlic liead and throat are want- 

 ing. Tail barred with black, and tip|>eil with white. 

 Length, abc)nt;i.(iO; wing, 'J.(H); tail, I.4."). 

 IIah. Mexico and coa.>;t region of California. 



Tlie 0. Jlorrsi of tlie tal)le-lauds of 

 Mi'.xico re.somlilos this .speeie.s in every 

 rt'sjH'ct except the tail, whieli is soino- 

 wliat like that of Sclnajylionm rufn-f. The 

 only Xorth American siiecie.s to which the 

 male of this bird hears any resemhlance i.s the A. coskr, which has the same 

 metalli(! crown ami other omeric features. The latter, however, is much 

 smaller; Inus the metallic reflections varied, 

 chielly violet, instead of nearly uniform pur- 

 plisii-rcd. Tiie tail is much less deeply forked, 

 the depth beino; oidy about .10 of an inch, in- 

 stead of .o'2 ; tlu! outiM' feather is nuu'h nar- 

 rower. Tlie females of tlie two, iiowever, 

 ap])ear to lie distin;,fuishalile only by tiieir 

 relative size. Tlie absence of rufous, and the 

 rounded, not jfraduiUed, tail always sejiarates the female of (iiuin from tliiit 

 of Si/(i.-<jili()ni.s ni/n.'i. The hu'oer .size is tlio chief distinction from the 

 female Ca/i/pfr ros/o', while the size and less acutely jioiuted outer tail- 

 featliers distinj^uish it from the female Trorhihm (vluhrln. 



We have never seen any specimens of this liird taken out of California, 

 nor i|iioted oj' late years as occurrino- iu Mexico, altiiouoh stated by Gould to 

 bulono- to tlie table-lands. 



ILvniTS. This beautiful llumminif-liird is found from the hi,i,di table- 

 lands of Mexico throughout the western jiortions of that region, and through 



Calypte aiiim. 



Calijptf anna. 



