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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[No. 7. 



The male Costa's hummingbird has a peculiar habit, probably 

 closely associated with the season of courtship, of flying up in the 

 air to a considerable height and then swooping down with great ve- 

 locity until near the ground, when it rises to its former position, to 

 repeat the manceuver fifteen or twenty times before settling on some 

 perch to rest. The course taken by the bird forms a parabolic curve, 

 and when on the descent a booming, rushing noise is made, which can 

 be heard at a considerable distance. 



Record of specimens collected of Calypte costce. 



Col- 





lector's 



Sex. 



No. 





59 



d 



C8 



9 



139 



d 



155 



d 



163 



d 



166 



d 



167 



d 





d 





d 





d 





d 





d 





9 





9 



192 



9 



191 



tfjuv. 



204 



9 



268 



9 





d 





d 





d 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



Owens Valley, Calif. 



.do. 



Panamhit Mountains, Calif. 

 do 



.do. 

 .do. 

 .do . 

 .do. 

 .do. 



.do. 

 .do. 



Argus Range, Calif . 



.do. 

 .do. 



Coso Mountains. Calif 



Ash Meadows, Nev 



Charleston Mountains, Nev . 

 Panaca, Nev 



May 20, 1891 



May 31, 1891 



Mar. 26, 1891 

 Apr. 14,1891 

 Apr. 16,1891. 

 Apr. 20,1891 



do 



Mar. 27,1891 

 Mar. 28,1891 

 April 4, 1891 

 Apr. 11,1891 

 Apr. 14,1891 

 May 12,1891 

 May 23,1891 



Apr. 29,1891 



do 



May 7, 1891 



May 28,1891 

 May 30, 1891 

 Apr. 30,1891 

 May 19, 1891 



F. Stephens. 



.do. 



A. K. Fisher.. 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



E. W. Nelson. 

 ....do 



.do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 



. do - 

 .do. 



A. K. Fisher. 



.do. 

 do. 



....do.... 

 V. Bailey . 



do ... . 



....do.... 



Olancha. Hybrid be- 

 tween T. costce and 

 T. alexandri. 

 Ash Creek. Parent 

 of nest and eggs. 

 Johnson Cation. 

 Surprise Canon. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Johnson Canon. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Surprise Canon. 



Willow Creek. Par- 

 entof nest and eggs. 



Shepherd Canon. 

 Parent of No. 191. 



Shepherd Cation. 



Shepherd Canon. 

 Nest and eggs. 



Nest and eggs. 



Calypte anna. Anna's Hummingbird. 



A large hummer was seen in the Cajon Pass in the San Bernardino 

 Mountains on January 2, which was probably thjs species. Mr. Stephens 

 saw a number, mostly immature males, on the side of Eeche Canon, 

 September 22-24; Mr. Bailey found the species common at Monterey, 

 where he secured specimens October 3 and 6, and Mr. Nelson found it 

 common at Morro Bay, and saw a few south of that place in November. 



Record of specimens collected of Calypte anna. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



Monterey, Calif 

 .. ...do .' 



Oct. 3, 1891 

 Oct. 6, 1891 



V. Bailey . 

 do ... 



Selasphorus platycercus. Broad-tailed Hummingbird. 



The broad-tailed hummer was found by Dr. Merriain at Sheep Spring 

 in the Juniper Mountains, Nevada, where an adult male was secured 

 and many others seen May 19. Mr. Nelson reported it as common on 



