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three more. In 1858, Prof. Baird nearly doubled the number, including seven in his 

 work. In 1873, I -was enabled to recognize eleven species in the " Key " ; one of these, 

 however, was purely adventitious. Since this time, a large and beautiful species (Eu- 

 gmesfulgens) has been discovered by Mr. Henshaw to occur over our Mexican border, 

 where, doubtless, additional species will eventually be found. 



TEOCHILUS OOLUBEIS, Linn, i • 

 Ruby -throated Kummiiigftlrd, 



■TrooMus colubns, Linn., Syst. Nat. i, 1766, 191.— Lath., Ind. Orn. i, 1790, 312.— Vibill., 

 Enc. 569; Ois. Am. Sept. i, pis. 31,32 ; Ois. Dor. i, 66, 69, 70, pis. 31, 32, 33 

 ("iJMiis").— Wlls., Am. Orn. ii, 1810, 26, pi. 10, figs. 3, 4.— Xm!d., Humm. i, 

 85, pi. 5.— Bp., Syn. 1828, 98 ; Comp. List, 1838, 10 ; Consp. i, 1850, 81.— S\v. & 

 ElCH., P. B. a. ii, 1831, 323.— Nutt., Man. i, 1832, 588.— Aui)., Orn. Biog. i, 

 1832, 248 ; v, 1839, 544 ; pi. 47 ; Syn. 1839, 170 ; B. Am. iv, 1842, 190, pi. 253.— 

 GiR., B. L. 1. 1844, 169.- Gould, Monog. iii, pi. 131 ; Introd. 86.— Maxim., J. f. 

 O. vi, 1858, 104.— Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 131.— Cab., J. f. O. iv, 1^50, 98 (Cuba) ; 

 Mus. Hein. iii, 1860,57.— ScL.. P. Z. S. 1856, 287 (Cordova) ; 1859, 367.— SCL. & 

 Salv., Ibis, i, 1859, 129 (Guatemala).— Sai.v., Ibis, 1860, 260.— Sai.v., P. Z. S. 

 1870, 208 (Veragua).— Dress., Ibis, 1865, 470 (Texas).- Snow, B. Kans. 1873, 

 3.— Allen, Bull. M. C. Z. ii, 1871, 301 ; iii, 1872, 180.— Codes, Key, 1872,, 184.- 

 B. B. & E., N. A. B. ii, 448, pi. 47, f. 2. 



MelUsuga cohihris, Steph., Shaw's Gen. Zool. xiv, 247.— Gray, Gen. of B. i, 113.— Woodh., 

 Sitgr. Eep. 1853, 65. 



Ornismyia coluhris, Less., Troch. 1, pi. 1 ; Ois. Mou. 151, pi. 48.— Dev., E. M. Z. 1852, p.—. 



Cynanthiw colulrris, Jaed., Humm. ii, 143. , 



Trockilus aureigaster, Lawk., {fide Bd.). 



Hab. — North America, east of the Eocky Mountains. North to 57°, at least. South/ .^ 

 to Brazil. Cuba. Winters in Florida (?) •^^/a 



'So Hummers appear to have been observed by Dr. Hajden ; but two ^7-^- t 

 certainly inhabit the Missouri region, while a third {8. rnfus), if not , ' .," 0^ 

 also a fourth [Stellula calliope), may occur. The present species is of ^3'- ^ 

 common occurrence in Kansas, has been taken in the Saskatchewan 

 region, and ranges also over the intermediate ground. I found it quite 

 common and breeding, at Pembina, in June. 



SBLASPHOEUS PLATTCEEGUS, (Sw.) Bp. 

 Broad-tailed Hummingbird. 



Trochilus platycercits, Sw., Syn. Mex. B. in Philos. Mag. i, 1827, 441. 



Selasphoriis platj/cercm, Bp., Consp. i, 1850, 82. — Gould, Monog. iii, 1852, pi. 140 ; Introd. 

 89.— ScL., P. Z. S. 1863, 288 (Cordova) ; 1858, 297.— Scl. & Sala'., Ibis, i, 1859, 

 129 (Guatemala).— Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 135, 922.— Bd., U. S. & Mex. B. Surv. ii, 

 1859, pt. ii, 6, pi. 5, f. 1, 2.— Cab., Mus. Hein. iii, 1860, 56.— Coop., Pr. Cal. 

 Acad. 1861, 68 ; B. Cal. i, 1870, 357.— Allen, Bull. M. C. Z. iii, 1872, 180 (Colo- 

 rado, Wyoming, and Utah). — Hold., Pr. Bost. Soc. 1872, 206 (Wyoming). — 

 CouES, Pr. Pbila. Acad. 1866, 57 (Arizona), and Key, 1872, 185.— B. B. & E., 

 N. A. B. ii, 1874, 462, pi. 47, f. 5. 



MelUsuga platycerca, Gray, Gen. of B. i, 113. 



Ornismyia tricolor, Less., Colibris, 125, pi. 14 (Brazil) ; Troch. 1831, 156, pi. 60 (Mex- 

 ico). — Jaed., Nat. Libr. ii, 77, pi. 13. 



Cynanthus tricolor, Jard., Humm. ii, 144. 



Ornismyia montana, Less., Troch. 1831, 161, pit. 63, 64 (young). 



TrocMlus montanus, Jaed., Humm. ii, 67. 



-5a6.— Eocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada to the Black Hills. Texas. South into 

 Mexico. 

 Not obtained by the Expeditions. 



This species, one of the several ascertained of late years to Inhabit 

 the United States, long after its original description as a bird of Mex- 

 ioD, was first entered in our fauna by Prof. Baird, upon specimens taken 

 at El Paso, Texas, bv Mr. J. H. Clark. Its range was almost simulta- 



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