TROGHrLlD.E, HUMMINGBIRDS. GEN. 122, 123. 185 



*! I Hu/ouS'bacJved Iliimmlivjhlrd. $ chiefly ciunainoii-rufous above, below 

 and ou the tail; traces of green above, especially on crown; gorget red, 

 etc. ; a white collar behind it. 9 with a trace of the gorget; upper parts 

 more or less green ; tail barred with black and tipped with white. 3.J ; 

 ■wing I5 ; tail 1 J-. Eocky Mountains to the Pacific, from Mexico to Alaska ; 

 abundant; the sole boreal representative of the family. Aud., iv, 200, pi. 



254; Bd., 134; Coop., 355 rufus. 



T ! Broad-tailed Iluriuningbird. Outer primaries much attenuated, outer 

 ■"' tail feather linear, very narrow ; others broad; ^ glittering green, with 



much white below, the gorget purplish-red, etc. ; wings and tail dusky- 

 purplish, most of the tail feathei-s with rufous edging basally. $ with no 

 gorget; no green, but much rufjus, below; 4; wing 2. Kocky Mts. to lat. 

 42° ; W. to Sierra Nevada ; S. into Mcx. Bd., 135 ; Coop., 357. plattcekous. 



** Crown of ^ with metallic scales like the gorget, which is prolonged into a ruff; 

 outer primary not attenuate ; tail of ^ forked, the outer feather abruptly narrow 

 and linear. [Calypte.) 

 .1-' Anna Hummingbird. $ above, and the breast, green ; crown and gor- 

 get ruby-red, etc. ; 9 lacking the scales ; the tail slightly rounded, black- 

 barred, white-tipped. Size of the last. California; resident, abundant. Nutt., 

 i, 2d. ed. 712; Aod., iv, 188, pi. 252; Bd., 137; Coop., 358. . anna. 



Costa Hummingbird. $ above, and on the sides, green ; mostly white 

 below; crown and gorget purplish, steel-blue, etc.; the latter much pro- 

 longed into a ruff ; tail lightly forked ; 9 like that of anna; smaller; about 

 3 J ; wing under 2 ; tail IJ ; bill |. Valley of the Colorado ; S. aud Lower 

 California. Bo. ,138 ; Coop., 3G0 cosTiE. 



*** Crown of $ not metallic like the gorget, which is prolonged into a ruff; outer 

 primarjr of $ attenuate ; tail graduated, the feathers rounded at the end, the lateral 

 blaek-harred and white-tipped (in both sexes). {Atthis.) 



-i '. / Heloise Hummingbird. $ golden-green aljove, including crown ; gorget 

 lilac-i;gd, bordered with white ; below ivhite ; sides with green aud rufous ; 

 tail feathers cinnamon-rufous at base, the central otherwise like the back, the 

 others black-barred aud white-tipped ; 9 similar, lacking the gorget ; outer 

 primary not attenuate. Very small ; 2f ; wing Ig- ; tail 1 ; bill J. Texas 

 and southward. Elliot, pi. 21 ; Coop., 361 heloise. 



123. Genus STELLULA Gould. 



1 J / Calliope Hummingbirds. $ golden-green ; beknv Avhite, with green and 

 rufous ou sides ; gorget violet or lilac, the bases of the scales, and sides of 

 the neck, pure white ; tail feathers brown, including the central pair, with pale 

 tips and slight rufous edgings ; under mandible light ; 9 with dusky specks 

 in place of the gorget ; throat feathers not ruffed ; no grccu on sides ; tail 

 feathers variegated with green, rufous, black and white. 2f ; wingl|; 

 tail 1 ; bill J. Mountains of Washington, Oregon and California, to 

 Mexico. Elliot, pi. 23; Coop., 363 calliope. 



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