ZOOLOGY. 241 
On A HUMMINGBIRD NEW TO OUR FAUNA, WITH CERTAIN OTHER 
FACTS ORNITHOLOGICAL. — The following notes were colle¢ted 
during the past season (1873), in connection with the explorations 
in charge of Lieut. G. M. Wheeler, and under the auspices of the 
Engineer Department. They are selected as of especial interest, 
from a large amount of material to be embodied in a future report. 
Eugenes fulgens (Sw). Sp. Char. —Male :—Tail rather prinia arginated. Head above 
violet purple. Rest of upper parts bronzed green, bec nets bronze on the tail. 
Samy brilliant emerald green, with strong yar ‘ee tions. Lower portion of 
breast and abdomen opaque black, more velvet ards shies gom of the t throat. 
Sides of body dull green. Wing above pAs bip dull arple Upper and lower wing 
coverts green. Crissum pale browni kY 
Female: Taildouble-rounded. Above aa metallic green, each feather ne aa h 
ash, Below dull et lh jageni of throat and fore part of breast with dull grayish 
. green centres. Sides n edged with ash. Wing dull purple. Each feather ot the 
tail except the two ait which are green throughout, with broad purple bands. 
Three outer tail feathers broadly tipped with dull white which, on the outer, extends 
slightly further up on the outer web. Length 4°61; wing 2°43; tail 1:75; bill 1-09. 
This fine species has, for the first time, been ascertained to in- | 
habit the United States, it never having been observed before 
farther north than the table-lands of central Mexico. -While at 
Camp Grant, Arizona, Sept. 24th, I procured a fine female, on a 
small stream issuing from a mountain caiion. When first seen it 
was being pursued by another hummer, of which I obtained 
scarcely a glimpse, as they darted past through the trees, but I 
have little doubt that it was a second of the same species. I think 
it not unlikely that this species will be found to be not uncommon 
in summer, in the mountainous districts in southern Arizona and 
New Mexico. Here along the streams, where the flora is abundant, 
the multitude and variety of the hummingbirds, resplendent as 
they are with the most gorgeous colors, cannot fail to strike the 
most unobservant eye. In the mountains near Apache, Arizona, 
two of our species (Selasphorus rufus and S. platycerus) are found 
in almost incredible numbers, bringing forcibly to mind the ac- 
Counts of the abundance of the birds of this family, amidst the 
tropical vegetation of South America ; and it will be strange in- 
deed if a careful search i in midsummer, in these localities, does not 
-Teveal still other species, which must find, in this semi-tropical cli- 
mate and flora, a congenial home. 
Barrp’s Bontine (Centronye Bairdii, Ba). The interesting 
fact of the discovery of Baird’s bunting, in large numbers in 
orthern Dakota, by Dr. Coues, was end in the November 
ATURALIST, _ Additional ven is =m upon the range of this 
AMER. NAT vrar, v VOL. VIU. 
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