readers for a full account of the species to the article above referred to, and I give a copy of Mr. Elliot's 

 description of S. henshawu 



''Male. Top of head metallic green; upper parts cinnamon; but some specimens have green feathers 

 intermixed with the rufous ones on the back. Throat metallic-orange, not brilliant as in the other species. 

 Breast and centre of abdomen v^^hite ; flanks and under tail-coverts rufous. Tail rufous, tipped with dark 

 brown ; feathers pointed at tip, median pair broad ; lateral ones growing narrower to the outermost, which 

 is the most attenuated. On the inner web, near the lip of the rectrices next the median pair, is a well- 

 developed notch. Bill black. Total length 3i inches, wing li, tail If, culmen f. 



''Female. Entire upper parts shining grass-green, dullest on the crown. Throat white, spotted with 

 brown. Underparts white, washed with rufous on the breast and flanks. Under tail-coverts buff. Median 

 rectrices green ; lateral ones rufous at base, then a band of metallic green, succeeded by a subterminal 

 broad black bar, and tips white. Bill black. Total length 3i inches, wing II, tail U, culmen f. Young 

 males are similar to the females, with a few metallic spots on the throat." 



The home of this species is stated to be from Mexico northwards along the Pacific coast to Sitka. 



