. Nests and eggs of North American birds. Birds; Birds. NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 291 able to fly. The other nest, taken June 4, 1893, contained one fresh egg which was accidentally broken. 427. BLUE-THBOATED HXTMMINGBIBB. Cmligena clemeiwiw Less. Geog. Dist.—Southern Arizona and the tablelands of Mexico to Guerrero and Oaxaca. This is a slightly larger species than the Rivoli Hummingbird, and is sometimes called "Blue-throated ; It is only a summer resident within the southern boundary of the United States and breeds wherever found. It appears to be more common than the precedin
. Nests and eggs of North American birds. Birds; Birds. NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 291 able to fly. The other nest, taken June 4, 1893, contained one fresh egg which was accidentally broken. 427. BLUE-THBOATED HXTMMINGBIBB. Cmligena clemeiwiw Less. Geog. Dist.—Southern Arizona and the tablelands of Mexico to Guerrero and Oaxaca. This is a slightly larger species than the Rivoli Hummingbird, and is sometimes called "Blue-throated ; It is only a summer resident within the southern boundary of the United States and breeds wherever found. It appears to be more common than the preceding species. It was first added to our avifauna by Mr. F. Stephens, who secured an adult male in the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona, May 14, 1884. Since then it has been taken in several other mountain ranges of Arizona, and Dr. Edgar E. Mearns took it in the Luis Mountains of Southwestern New Mexico. Mr. Nelson on September 9th, 1893, found a nest containing two eggs at an altitude of 11,500 teet on the north slope of the volcano Toluca, in the State of Mexico. The n«st was built in the fork of a small shrub growing out of the face of a cliff, about 30 feet above its base, on the side of a canyon in the pine and flr fdrest. It is a handsome and rather bulky structure, smoothly quilted together of fine mosses, and lined with the down of willow catkins. This nest was nearly inac- cessible and one egg was broken in securing it. The single egg measures . inches. 428. RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD. Trochilns colubris Linn. Geog. Dist.—Eastern United States to the Great Plains, north to Canada, south In winter to Cuba, Eastern Mexico and Central America, to Uraguay. This is the only species of Hum- mingbird found east of the Mississippi, where it Is common and well-known. Its small size, irridescent plumage, its marvelous swiftness of flight, and the architectural beauty of Its nest are the admiration of all. The eggs of the whole family of Hummingbirds, as far as known, are
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