BIEDS. 



163 



Handbook of Western Birds 

 (Fuertcs). 



05. — RufoiTs hum- 

 mingbird. 



Broad - tailed Hummingbird : Selasphorus plafycercys. — Two 



broad-tailed hummingbirds were collected hy Messrs. Bailey and 



Howell in 1895, a female taken May 23 in the spruce woods near 



the Upper St. Mary Lake, and a male with rose-pink gorget and 



bronzjr green head taken June 17 at Summit. 



Rufous Hummingbird : Selasjthoms rvfuft. — The reddish-brown 



hummingbird whose gorget flashes fire red, orange, and brassy green 



Avas seen July 8 on a telephone wire near the 



tepees at Many Glaciers, and Mr. Gibb said 



one had come to the piazza at his ranger sta- 

 tion. One was also seen about the lake on June 



29, 1913, by Mr. E. R. Warren. Xt Granite 



Park Mr. Bailey saw one on July IT, and on 



the pass between Gable and Chief Mountains 



on August 9, 1 caught a flash of rufous as one 



came up from below and wdiizzed on across 



the pass. In June, 1895, Messrs. Bailey and 



Howell reported quite a number seen and one 



shot at about 5,000 feet on the mountain 



near Nyack. 

 Hummingbirds are said to be found close to the glaciers, and the 



mountain flower beds should be watched for them. Spirited little 



knights of Tournay, with flashing armor and lances at rest, they 



may well afford rare entertainment for spectators. 



Calliope Hummingbird: Stellula calliope. — 

 This little hummingbird, one of the smallest 

 found in the United States, with pink gorget 

 and sides tinged with brown and green, should 

 be looked for, as it is a mountain-loving species 

 frequenting mountain parks and rocky hill- 

 sides from 6,500 to 8,000 feet during the nest- 

 ing season. At Fort Sherman, Idaho, its 

 arrival is said to be coincident with the bloom- 

 ing of the wild hawthornc. 



At Granite Park on July 17 a hummingbird, 

 with the soft flight of calliope, darted into a 



white-barked pine in front of the chalet; but, unfortunately, before 



it could be examined, darted out again and was gone. 



There is one definite record for the park, however, as a female was 



collected May 31, 1895, by Messrs. Bailey and Howell at the Upper 



St. Mary Lake. Mr. Stanford has also heard of the bird, though he 



has never seen it himself. 



From Rjdgway. Smithsonian Inst, 



Fig. 6G. — Calliope hum- 

 mingbird. 



