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MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Twenty-five ; one taken at Banff, Rocky Mountains ; fifteen at 

 Revelstoke, B.C. ; two at Spence's Bridge, B.C. ; one at Burrard 

 Inlet, B.C. ; and four at Victoria, Vancouver Island, all by Mr. 

 Spreadborough. 



One set of two eggs taken at Banff, June 13th, 1893, by Mr. W. 

 Raine. Nest attached to the end of a limb of a spruce tree about 

 fifteen feet from the ground. 



434. Allen's Humming-bird. 



Selasphorus alleni Hensh. 1877. 



Eastern Coast Range and Rocky Mountain districts. {Fanning 

 One specimen shot about six miles up Eagl-j Pass, west from 

 Revelstoke, B.C., May 25th, 1890 ; next day another specimen 

 was taken at Revelstoke ; not uncommon at Sicamous, B.C., in 

 July, 1889. {Spreadborough}) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Two ; taken in Eagle Pass and at Revelstoke, B.C., by Mr. 

 Spreadborough. 



CLIX. STELLULA Gould. 1861. 



■456. Calliope Humming-bird. 



Stelbila calliope Gould 1861. 



Summit of Rocky Mountains ; alt. 7,000 feet. {Lord?) East 

 and west of Coast Range. {Fannin.) Common at the Crow's 

 Nest Pass, Alta., in August, 1897 ; breeding in considerable 

 numbers at Banff, Rocky Mountains, in June and July, 1891 ; 

 while camped at Deer Park, Lower Arrow Lake, Columbia River, 

 B.C., in the early part of June, 1890, I took seVen specimens and 

 they were so abundant that many others could have been taken. 

 They were not observed examining flowers but were seen perching 

 on small trees and chasing small flies and returning again to their 

 perch just as small flycatchers do. Farther down the river at 

 Robson this species was quite rare. In May, 1889, it was not 

 uncommon at Spence's Bridge, at an altitude of 3,500 feet, and a 

 number were taken ; saw a number in a marsh in Depot Creek, 

 east side of Chilliwack Lake, B.C., July, 1901. Observed atTrai 

 and Cascade, B.C., near the International Boundary, in the sum- 



