Berylline and Violet-Crowned Hummingbirds in Arizona

Berylline and Violet-Crowned Hummingbirds in Arizona

April, 1968] General 1Votes 329 Berylline and Violet-crowned Hummingbirds in Arizona.---On 2 July 1967 I photographed a Berylline Hummingbird (Amazilia beryllina) at the feeders of the Peabodys'Mile Hi Lodge in Ramsey Canyon, HuachucaMountains, CochiseCounty, Arizona. It was first seenby the Peabodyson 15 June and was last seenthe evening of 3 July in the midst of the third summer rainstorm. The bird was not in full adult plumage, for it lacked the numerousdark green flecks on the throat, the bright emerald green upper parts and breast, and the bright buff of the lower belly. Becauseof its pale green and buff plumage and the very worn feathers, it was probably a second year female. The initial identification of this bird has been confirmed by Allan R. Phillips o.n the basis of the two original color transparencies,now on deposit in the Los Angeles County Museum. This is the first authenticated record for Amazilia beryllinain the United States. The closestknown Mexicanspecimen of beryllinais a male Phillipscollected in centralSonora some 90 milessouth of the border 16 June 1953 (J. T. Marshall, Jr., PaciIic Coast AviI., 32: 80, 1957). Also presentand well photographedat the same feedersin Ramsey Canyon were severalViolet-crowned Hummingbirds (Amazilia verticalis) on 2 July. This species has becomeregular in small numbers (up to 6 presentin late July) every summer for the past few years at this locality. The only other known authenticatedHuachuca Mountain record was a specimencollected in 1905 (Phillips, pers. comm.). The writer is grateful to Richard E. Watkins for his assistancein photographing these hummingbirdsand to R. Guy McCaskie for criticism on this general note.- JAY M. SHEPPARD,816 Walnut Avenue #5, Long Beach, California 90813. Figure 1. Berylline Hummingbird photographedat a feeder in Ramsey Canyon, Arizona, 2 July 1967 (reproducedfrom Ektachrome transparency). .

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