348 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1890. 



Range. — Coast region of California and British Columbia ; Arizona 

 (Santa Catalina Mountains, rare). 



Sp. Char. — Adult male with top of head, hind neck, back, scapulars 

 and wing-coverts metallic green; rump, upper tail-coverts, tail, lores, 

 orbital region, ear-coverts, sides, and flanks cinnamon-rufous ; gorget 

 intensely brilliant metallic scarlet (exactly as in 8. rufus) ; chest white; 

 tail-feathers next to middle pair tapering gradually, without notch or 

 sinuation near tip, and outer tail-feathers much less than .10 of an inch 

 wide; length about 3.25-5.40, wing 1.50-1.55, tail 1.05-1.15, exposed 

 culmen 0.60-0.65. 



Adult female metallic green above, with basal portion of tail-coverts 

 and of all the tail-feathers cinnamon rufous ; four middle tail-feathers 

 blackish terminally, metallic green subterminally ; three outer pairs 

 chiefly blackish, with broad white terminal spots, the outermost with 

 little if any rufous at base and not more than 0.10 of an inch wide ; length 

 about 3.30-3.40, wing 1.65-1.70, tail 1.00-1.15. exposed culmen 0.65-0.70. 



Adult male (No. 84133, Nicasio, Marin County, California, March 17, 

 1877 ; C. A. Allen) : Forehead, crown, hind neck, back, scapulars, and 

 wing-coverts metallic green; lores, orbital region, ear-coverts, sides of 

 neck, sides of the body, rump, upper tail-coverts, and tail, deep cinna- 

 mon-rufous, the feathers of the rump tipped with metallic green and 

 the tail-feathers marked at tips with a median broad streak of purplish 

 dusky (about 0.40 long on middle feathers) ; remiges dusky brownish 

 slate, faintly glossed with purplish. Gorget intensely brilliant metal- 

 lic scarlet, varying to golden and ruby (exactly as in S. rufus); chest 

 white ; remaining lower parts cinnamon-rufous, paler along median 

 line of breast and belly, deeper on sides ; downy tufts between rump 

 and flanks pure white. Length (skin), 3.40; wing, 1.50; tail, 1.15, the 

 lateral feathers 0.30 shorter; exposed culmen 0.65. 



Adult female (No. 84135, Nicasio, Marin County, California, March 

 17, 1877, C. A. Allen) : Above metallic green, becoming much duller 

 and more dusky on anterior part of head; feathers of rump and upper 

 tail-coverts cinnamon-rufous basally, metallic green at tips; tail-feathers 

 extensively cinnamon-rufous at base; two middle pairs black terminally 

 and metallic green subterminally ; three outer pairs with broad white 

 tips, preceded by a much more extensive sub terminal space of black, 

 the second and third with a litttle metallic green between the black and 

 the basal rufous, which is much duller than that on the middle feathers ; 

 remiges dusky, faintly glossed with purplish. A superciliary stripe of 

 dull rusty buff, extending to above the eyes; lores darker; sides of 

 chin, malar region, suborbital region, and ear-coverts pale dull buffy, 

 fading into white on the throat and middle portion of the chin, the 

 former spotted with metallic orange-red ; chest and belly white ; sides 

 and flanks light cinnamon-rufous, the under tail-coverts similar, but 

 paler. Bill and feet black. Length (skin), 3.30 ; wing, 1.65 ; tail, 1.00, 

 the outer feathers, 0.22 shorter ; exposed culmen, 0.65. 



