. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds. Birds; Birds; 1887. 466 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS.—PIGABI^—CYPSELIFOBMES. with dusky; others green (or gray) for a distance decreasing on successive feathers, crossed with black, tipped w
. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds. Birds; Birds; 1887. 466 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS.—PIGABI^—CYPSELIFOBMES. with dusky; others green (or gray) for a distance decreasing on successive feathers, crossed with black, tipped with white to reciprocally increasing extent, and touched with rufous at hase, as in several allied species; but the small size, slight rufous on tail, and the extensive rufous on under parts, are characteristic. Mts. of whole Pacific slope, U. S. ; E. to Nevada; S. into Mexico. 141. CALOTHO'RAX. (Gr. xaXos, /iatos, beautiful; 6apa^,tliorax, chest.) Lucifer Hummers. Very drfi'ercut frcjm any of the foregoing. Bill curved throughout, Linger than head; but nasal scale covered as usual by feathers, and color of bill black. Tail deeply fi irked ; lateral tail- feather shorter than next, and in our species filiform and acicular. Tarsi partly plumose. Sexes unlike. 418. C. lu'cifer. (Lat. iifo/e)-, the light-bearer; lux, light,/ero, I bear. Fig. 315.) Lucifer Humming-bird. <J ; Above, bronzy-green; gorget lilac- purple ; wings and tail purplish-dusky. Below, white, brouzcd with green im tire flanks. Bill black. Length ; wing ; tail ; bUl ?: Above, like <?, but browner on head; no gorget; under parts rufous. Middle tail-feathers bronzy-green, next green tipped with black; the rest rufous basaUy, then crossed with black and tipped with white. Tail shaped as in the ^"? (My description is unsatisfactory; but the species should be known by the curved bill.) Arizona: introduced into our fauna upon Fig. 316. — Lucifer Humming-bird, ^ ? wrongly identified a
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