readers for a full account of the species to the article above referred to, and I give a copy of Mr. Elliot’s

description of S. henshawi.
“Male. Top of head metallic green ;

intermixed with the rufous ones on the back.
Breast and centre of 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
On the inner web, near the tip of the rectrices next the median pair, is a well-

upper parts cinnamon ; but some specimens have green feathers
Throat metallic-orange, not brilliant as in the other species.

is the most attenuated.

developed notch. Bill black. Total length 3% inches, wing 12, tail 1%, culmen 3.

«« 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 of metallic green, succeeded by a subterminal
broad black bar, and tips white. Bill black. Total length 32 inches, wing 14, tail 13, culmen ¢. Young
males are similar to the females, with a few metallie spots on the throat.”

The home of this species is stated to be from Mexico northwards along the Pacific coast to Sitka.