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CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



410. Trochilus alexandri Bourc. and Muls. b 102. c 276. r 33c. 



Alexander Humming-bird. 



411. Selasphorus rufus (Gin.) Sw. b 103. c 277. R 340. 



Rufous Humming-bird. 



412. Selasphorus alleni Ilensh. b — . c — . r 341. 



Ailen Humming-bird. 



413. Selasphorus platycercus (Sw.) Gld. B 104. c 278. R 339. 



Broad-ttilied Humming-bird. 



414. Calypte annse (Loss.) Gld. B 105. c 279. R 338. 



Anna Humming-bird. 



415. Calypte costae (Bourc.) Gld. B loo. c 280. R 337. 



Costa Humming-bird. 



416. Atthis heloisae (Less, and Dc Lat.) Reich. B — . c 281. R 342. 



Heioise Humming-bird. 



417. Stellula calliope Gld. b — . ' 82. r 343. 



Caiiiope Humming-bird. 



418. Calothorax lucifer (Sw.) Gra}-. B — . c — . R 349. 



Lucifer Humming-bird. 



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claturc as a genus in that family in consequence of sucli usage on the part of Linnaeus. 

 — Tiic name coliibris might be an adjective formed from roluticr, a snake, in allusion to 

 the scales on the hummer's throat; but this is unlikely. There are old treatises on birds 

 in which the terms colibri, knlihri, colibrij occur, and the word is doubtless barbarous. 



410. T. 5-16x-an'-dri. To Alexandre. 



411. S6-las'-ph6r-vis ru'-ffls. Gr. athas, atKaos, light, and <pop6s, bearing, tpfpa, 1 boar ; eupho- 



niously compounded, at the expense of strict propriety. — Lat. rii/us, rufous, reddish. 



412. S. ai'-16n-i. To C. A. Allen, of Nicasio, California. 



Not in the orig. cd. ; since distinguished from S. rufus by Mr. llcnshaw : see Bull. 

 Nutt. Club, ii, 1877, p. 64. 



413. S. plSt-y-cEr'-ciSs. Gr. itAotuj, broad, wide ; K«'p«oj, tail. 



414. C. an'-nae. Dedicated to the Duchess of Kivoli. 



This is Se!<is])horus aniia in the orig. ed. 



415. C5-lyp'-t5 c5s'-tae. Gr. KaAuwr^, a jiroper name; KaKvirru, I conceal. — To Costa. 



This is Sel(tsj)horus coslw in the orig. ed. 



416. At'-thls h81-6-i'-sae. Gr. 'AtOi'j, Attic, .Mlicnian ; probably in allusion to some peculiar 



charm of the bird. Attic was ne plus ullru Greek, as Parisian is par crccllence French. 

 This is Selasphorus hclolsa; of the orig. ed. 



417. Stsr-lQ-15 cal-ir-6-pe. Lat. sUllula, a little star, diminutive of stplln, a star. — Gr. KoA- 



Airfirjj, Calliope, one of the Muses ; KaAds, feminine koAA^, beautiful, &c., and 6\\i, voice. 

 The application of the word to a voiceless bird is not obvious, unless it be simply 

 dedicatory. 



418. Cal-8-th5'-rax ItS'-cT-fCr. Gr. Ka\6s, beautiful, and 0wpo{, thorax, chest. — Lat. Lucifer, 



Lucifer, the light-bearer, from lux, lucis, light, and /fro, I bear. Both words note the 

 glittering plumage. 



Not in the orig. ed. ; since discovered in Arizona by II. W. Ilenshaw ; and first 

 announced from that locality under the erroneous name of " Dorirha euicura," in Am. 

 Sportani., v, p. 328, Feb. 20, 187S. See Lawr., Bull. Nutt. Club, ii, 1877, p. 108. 



