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Chaetura vauxi. Vaux's Swift. 



The Vaux's Swift is a common summer resident in Mixed Conifer 

 and True Fir forests. Migrant swifts occur in the Chaparral-Oak 

 Community. Earliest, April 30, Medford; latest, September. 



Archilochus alexandri. Black-chinned Hummingbird. 



This hummingbird is an uncommon regular summer visitor, re- 

 ported only from near Shady Cove since 1968. Earliest, March 26; 

 latest August 15. Several pairs of Black-chinned Hummingbirds were 

 reported in June 1970 and a young male was sighted July 25, 1970 

 (Aud. Field Notes 1970:710). Gabrielson and Jewett (1940) list three 

 specimens taken in Oregon during June (1915, 1919, and 1925). 



Calypte anna. Anna's Hummingbird. 



Specimen: Central Point, sex ?, March 19, 1972. The Anna's 

 Hummingbird is an irregular and rare winter visitor and a regular 

 uncommon summer visitor in the Lower Rogue River and Bear Creek 

 valleys. A male at Ashland on December 21, 1958 (Aud. Field Notes 

 1960:335) was the first Jackson County record. This species has been 

 observed at the Star Ranger Station on the Applegate River in 

 Mixed Conifer Forest during the spring and summer. The latest 

 summer record is July 7, near Shady Cove in Chaparral-Oak. A 

 male was collected at Brookings (Curry County) on March ^1, 1966 

 (Browning and English 1967a). Zimmerman (1973) reviews recent 

 distributional records of the species. 



Selasphorus platycercus. Broad-taUed Hummingbird. 



This hummingbird is a rare summer visitor reported only at a 

 bird feeder near Shady Cove. Both males and females have been 

 observed since 1968 during May and a young bird was reported on 

 July 25, 1970. Although female Rufous, Allen's, and Calliope hum- 

 mingbirds were present for comparison, I feel that the records of 

 females and young are questionable. No recent records of the Broad- 

 tailed Hummingbird exist elsewhere in Oregon. Gabrielson and 

 Jewett (1940) consider it to be a rare summer visitor to extreme 

 eastern Oregon. 



Selasphorus rufus. Rufous Hummingbird. 



Specimen: Medford, sex ?, April 19, 1965. This species is a common 

 summer resident, breeding throughout most of the county. Earliest, 

 February 23, Gold Ray Dam; latest, October 25, Medford. Most 

 individuals leave by the end of September. 



Selasphorus sasin. Allen's Hummingbird. 



A rare irregular summer visitor, Allen's Hummingbirds have been 

 observed at Medford in April, at Shady Cove in May and July, at 

 Talent in June, and at Phoenix in July and August. Earliest, April 1 ; 

 latest, August 12. One was seen north of Brookings on April 12, 1969 



