The Birds of Wyoming, 97 



List, 2nd edition, refers this species to Wyoming; but upon 

 what authority I am unable to state. The Smithsonian In- 

 stitution reports that their number 88,138 was taken by R. W. 

 Shufeldt at Hunter's ranch, which is in southern Carbon coun- 

 ty. Cary notes "abundant breeding in June, in the most inac- 

 cessible cracks and crevices on tbe face of the sandstone cliffs 

 near Newcastle." 



HUMMINGBIRDS. 



432. Selasphorus platycercus (Swains.). 



Broad-tailed Hummingbird. 



Summer resident and very common. This is the only 

 hummingbird that is found in any number in Wyoming. They 

 nest usually in spruce trees up to 8,000 feet. In the Laramie 

 mountains, ten miles east of Laramie, I have seen a half dozen 

 of these birds resting on the branches of a dead tree. The 

 nests are usually fastened to the upper side of the limb of a 

 tree not over six or eight feet from the ground and are covered 

 with moss. The nests that I have taken contained two white 

 eggs. Drexel took specimens of this species at Fort Bridger 

 in 1858; Coues refers to several specimens that have been 

 taken in Wyoming ; Grinnell found them abundant in the moun- 

 tains about Lake Como; Jesurun finds them numerous at 

 Dougflas and Bond common at Cheyenne. 



433. Selasphorus rufus (Gmbl.). 



Kufous IHummingbird. 

 Probably a summer resident. The Wyoming record rests 

 upon two specimens, one of which is in the University museimi 

 and the other was taken by Bond at Cheyenne in 1901. The Uni- 

 versity specimen was taken by Charles Gilmore on Aug. 24, 

 1897, in the Freezeout hills. Gilmore notes that it was- feeding 

 upon a thistle when taken. This record was published by 

 Cooke in Bull. 44, but credit was overlooked. 



