BIRDS OF THE PACIFIC DISTRICT. 85 



Hay wards. W. 0. Emerson. — I found a nest January 

 19, 1886, my earliest record. 



San Bernardino. F. Stephens. — Common resident of 

 valley and foothills. Agua Caliente, common; proba- 

 bly resident in neighboring canons. 



Henshaw, 1876. During the summer we saw none in 

 the low valleys, but found it reasonably numerous in the 

 mountains. 



Santa Cruz. Joseph Skirm. — Quite rare summer resi- 

 dent. 



Alameda and Contra Costa counties. W. E. Bryant. — 

 Common resident. 



Berkeley. T. S. Palmer. — Abundant resident. 



A. M. IngersoU. Mr. H. R. Taylor found eggs Feb- 

 Tuary 14, 1885; incubation far advanced. 



Nicasio. C. A. Allen. — February 21, 1884, first male. 



Central California. L. B. — Tolerably common, es- 

 pecially in the foothills, where a few winter. Gridley, 

 December 1, 1885 (November mild), a pair daily during 

 November among the flowers in the garden. 



■94. Trochilus floresii (Gould). Floresi's Humming- 

 bird. 

 The second known specimen was recorded from San 

 Francisco, by W. E. Bryant, Forest and Stream, xxvi, 

 426. 



95. Trochilus platycercus Swains. Broad-tailed Hum- 



mingbird. 

 Ridgway . We first encountered the broad-tailed hum- 

 mingbird on the Rocky Mountains, where it was very 

 abundant in July and August. 



96. Trochilus ruf us Gmel . Rufous Hummingbird. 

 San Diego, March 10, 1884, first males; both sexes 



common a few days later. In 1885 not a Selasphorus 



