A summer resident on Vancouver Island and Mainland. I found it very common near Sicamous, May 28th, 1895.
Family TROCHILIDÆ. Hummingbirds.
TROCHILUS Linnæus.
213. Black-chinned Hummingbird.
Trochilus alexandri (Bourc. & Muls.).
Confined to the Mainland. I have never seen it on Vancouver Island.
Mr. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack and Okanagan.
SELASPHORUS Swainson.
214. Red-backed Rufous Hummingbird.
Selasphorus rufus (Gmel.).
An abundant summer resident west of Cascade Mountains, including
Vancouver Island. Mr. Brooks has taken it at Okanagan. Common at
Metlakatla (Rev. J. H. Keen.)