The Rufous Hummer 
however, is very irivyu-'. 
second sets in Mat <->• 
At the close o' • • 
they move slowly 
keeps when tin 
They are, (bi- 
San Jacinto. 
• ■ hron.'h March and April, with 
the Mien Hummers ascend as 
> 1 v.des (who are dismissed for 
' i -ter the females with young, 
o o.iiern ranges, Mount Pinos, 
• he first: of July. 
m dims Hummer 
. • , -.rus (Gmclin). 
. • ue>. Nootka Hummer. 
..iii-.--i.il above and below bright rufous or 
• ■ over dusky on crown, sometimes touched 
ut . : e; to white on belly and on chest, where 
wing bronzy green: wing-quills purplish 
<: i>k>. the dusky areas elongated mesially, 
- broadly acuminate; the succeeding pair 
Rufous Hummer 
Male, female, (on left), and young male (on right), life size 
l 1 ill slender and straight. Adult female: 
■ -\ *'i rufous on rump and tail-coverts, 
• - i 1 as in n,ale but less decided; central 
b , .-hiciiy rufous, changing through 
, !,!><■: underparts whitish, shaded with 
- - nail central patch of separated 
. ■.■■■■■ '-..i more extensively rufous above, 
- .di.•- Voung females: Like adult 
, • -- '.-.-I .-., ; th greenish scales. Length of adult 
tail .if (I.IS); bill 16.5 (.65). Female: 85 
: -;>! . G.04): bill 18 (.71). 
. . .. . -n is v size; abundant rufous of male distinctive; female 
• on: that oi 5. alleui. end it may be known certainly 
•!u r. and by outer tail-feather more than .10 wide; 
ail-feathers broader but not expanding sub- 
i ,r : ,cr sod less dispersed speckling of throat. 
Vest: Of plant-down and fine 
■ d with lichens: placed on horizontal 
a- white, elliptical oval. Av. size 
■ -■ S'orth America from about. 
, d east northerly to northern 
