LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



PLATES. 



The Humming Birds. By Robert Ridgway. 



Page. 



PI. I. Pour nests of Calliope Humming Bird, St.ellula calliope 282 



II. Nest of Calliope Humming Bird, Stellula calliope 282 



III. Nest of Calliope Humming Bird, Stellula calliope 282 



IV. Nests of Gray-throated Hermit, Phacthomis griseigularis. (After Gonld) 284 



V. Nest of Pygmy Hermit, Phacthomis pygmeeus. (Aftor Gould) 284 



VI. Fig. 1. Nest of Frilled Coquette, Lophomis magnificus. ( After Gould,) 



2. Nest of Pichinchiau Hill-star, Oreotrochilus pichincha. (From Proc. 



Zool. Soc. London, 1860, page 80) 284 



VII. Nest of Allied Emerald, Agyrtria affinis. (AfterGould) 284 



VIII. Nest of Brazilian Emerald, Chhrostilbjn prasinus. (AfterGould).. 284 



IX. Nest of Red-throated Sapphire, Hylocharis sapphirina. (AfterGould) 284 



X. Nest of Brazilian Wood-nymph, Thalurania glaucopis. (AfterGould) 284 



XL Nest of Short-billed Emerald, Agyrtria brevirostris. (Aftor Gould) 284 



XII. Nest of the Sparkling tail, Tilmatura duponti. (AfterGould) 284 



XIII. Nest of Fiery Topaz, Topaza pyra. (AfterGould) 284 



XIV. Nest of Do Laland's Plover-crest, Cephallepis delalandi. (AfterGould) 284 



XV. Skeleton of Trochilus colubris 290 



XVI. Giant, Humming Bird, Patagona gigas. (AfterGould) 295 



XVII. Vervain Humming Bird, Hellisuga minima (male, nest, and eggs) 295 



XVIII-XXIV. Outlines of Humming Birds' tails 300 



XXV. White-booted Racket-tail, Steganura underwoodi. (AfterGould) 302 



XXVI. Guerin's Helmet-crest, Oxypogon guerini. (AfterGould) 306 



XXVII. Herran's Thorn-bill, Bamphomicron herrani. ^AfterGould) 306 



XXVIII. De Laland's Plover-crest, Cephallepis delalandi. (AfterGould) 306 



XXIX. Fig. 1. Popelaire's Thorn-tail, Popelairia popelairia. (AfterGould). 



2. Convers' Thorn-tail, Popelairia conversi. (AfterGould) 306 



XXX. Fig. 1. Princess Helena's Coquette, Lophomis helence. (AfterGould). 



2. Adorable Coquette, Lophomis adorabilis. (After Mulsant and Ver- 



reaux ) 306 



IX'XI. Fig. 1. Spangled Coquette, Lophomis reginot. (AfterGould). 



2. Great-crested Coquette, Lophomis regulus. (AfterGould) 306 



XXXII. Fig. 1. De Lattre's Coquette, Lophomis delalrii. (After Gould). 



2. Tufted Coquette, Lophomis omatus. (AfterGould) 306 



XXXIII. Fig. 1. Frilled Coquette, Lophomis magnificus. (AfterGould). 



2. Heliodore's Wood-star, Acestrura heliodori. (AfterGould) 306 



XXXIV. Fig. 1. Aline's Puff-leg, Eriocnemis alines. (AfterGould). 



2. Snow-cap, Microchera alboeoronala. (AfterGould) 306 



XXXV, Rivoli Humming Bird, Eugenes fulgens. (Male and female) 320 



XXXVI. Blue-throated Humming Bird, Ca'ligena clemencice. (Male and female) 324 



XXXVII. Ruby-throated Humming Bird, Trochilus colubris. (Male , female, and nest) .. 328 

 XXXVIII. Fig. 1. Floresi's Humming Bird, Sclasphorus fioresii Gould. (From a speci- 

 men (No. 2620), in the collection of Walter E. Bryant, Sau Francisco, 



California) 



2. Violet-throated Humming Bird, Trochilus violijugulum Jeffries. (From 

 the type, in the collection of Dr. J. Amory Jeffries, Boston, Massa- 

 chusetts) 330 



XXXIX. Costa's Humming Bird, Calypte costce. (Male, female, and nest) 338 



XL. Rufous Humming Bird, Sclasphorus rufus. (Male, female, and nest) 344 



XLL Calliope Humming Bird, Stellula calliope. (Male, female, and nest) 354 



XIII 



