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phorus platycercus), a common Rocky 

 Mountain species, occuring in summer 

 in the higher Sierra I>jevada Mountains 

 in limited numbers. 



Calliope Hummingbirds (Stellula 

 calliope), a moderately common sum- 

 mer resident of the mountains of west- 

 ern North America, breeding from the 

 San Bernardino Mountains of South- 

 ern California northward to British 

 Columbia. 



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