readers for a full account of the species to the article above referred to, and I give a copy o f Mr. Elliot's
description o f S. henshawi. I . f „
■ S i Top o f head metallic green; upper parts cinnamon; but some specimens have green feathers
intermixed with the rufous ones on the back. Throat metallic-orange, not brilliant as ... the other s e c ie s .
Breast and centre o f abdomen white ; flanks and under tail-coverts rufous. Tail rufous, tipped with dark
brown ; feathers pointed at tip, median pair broad ; lateral ones growing narrower to the outermost, which
is the most attenuated. On the inner web, near the tip of the rectnces next the median pair, is a well-
developed notch. Bill black. Total length 3 i inches, wing 14, tail I t, culmen g
•‘ Female Entire upper parts shining grass-green, dullest on the crown. Throat white, spotted with
brown Underparts white, washed with rufous on the breast and flanks. Under tail-coverts buff. Median
rectrices green; lateral ones rufous at base, then a band o f metallic green, succeeded by a subterm.nal
broad black bar, and tips white. Bill black. Total length 3 i inches, wing l i , tail 11, culmen I. Young
males are similar to the females, with a few metallie spots on the throat.”
The home o f this species is stated to be from Mexico northwards along the Pacific coast to Sitka.