606 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
Mutsant and VERREAUX, Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouch., ii, livr. 1, 1875, 22; iv, 
livr. 2, 1877, 103, pl. 108 (Castillo and Calovévora, Panama).—Etuor, 
Classif. and Synop. Troch., 1879, 110.—Suarrz, Suppl. Gould’s Mon. Troch., 
1883, 31.—Satvin and Gopman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, ii, 1892, 356, part, 
pl. 56, fig. 1 (Castillo and Calovévora).—Bovucarp, The Hum. Bird, ii, 1892, 
73 (Verégua); Gen. Hum. Birds, ii, 1892, 9 (Volc4n de Chiriquf). 
[Selasphorus] ardens SctaTeR and Satvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 84.—MuL- 
sant, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n. s., xxii, 1876, 227—SHarprr, Hand-list, ii, 
1900, 141. 
S[elasphorus] ardens Ripaway, Rep. U. 8. Nat. Mus. for 1890 (1891), 341, part 
(Verdégua).—Hartert, Das Tierreich, Troch., 1900, 206, part (Verdégua). 
SELASPHORUS SIMONI Carriker. 
SIMON’S HUMMING BIRD. 
Similar to S. ardens but smaller, especially the bill; adult male 
with middle rectrices much less broadly edged with cinnamon-rufous, 
inner webs of lateral rectrices without distinct (if any) cinnamon- 
rufous edging, under tail-coverts more strongly rufescent, and color 
of throat slightly more purplish (less reddish); adult female with 
much less rufous on tail (the outermost rectrix purplish black for 
much the greater part), no rufous on upper tail-coverts nor sides of 
head, sides less clear (more brownish) cinnamon-rufous, throat less 
tinged with rufous-buff, and under tail-coverts deeper rufous-buff. 
Adult male.—Above deep metallic green, slightly darker on pileum, 
slightly more bronzy on rump and upper tail-coverts; tail bronzy 
purplish black or dark bronzy purple, the middle pair of rectrices 
narrowly edged (except terminally) on both sides with cinnamon- 
rufous, and usually with inner web partly dark metallic green; next 
pair also edged with cinnamon-rufous, at least on outer web; outer- 
most pair usually with a small subterminal spot of cimnamon-rufous 
on edge of inner web; remiges dusky, faintly glossed with violaceous; 
chin and throat (gorget) bright (but not brilliant) metallic reddish ° 
purple (nearest pomegranate purple), the feathers dusky grayish at 
base and crossed in middle portion by a broad bar (concealed) of pale 
cinnamon-buff; chest dull white anteriorly, passing into grayish 
cinnamon-buffy posteriorly; sides and flanks metallic bronze-green, 
suffused (especially on flanks) with rusty, passing into pale buffy 
grayish on median portion of breast and abdomen; under tail-coverts 
light cinnamon-rufous (deepest toward anal region); femoral and 
lumbar tufts white or buffy white; bill dull blackish, the mandible 
more brownish basally; iris dark brown; feet dusky; length (skins), 
66-73 (71); wing, 37-40 (88.4); tail, 26.5-28.5 (27.7); exposed 
culmen, 10-11.5 (10.5).¢ 
Adult female.—Above bright metallic bronze-green or greenish 
bronze, including upper tail-coverts; middle rectrices similar, but 
@ Ten specimens, 
