Xantus Hummingbird
440. Basilinna xantusi. 4 inches.
Found in Lower California, where it breeds and builds very much as does the preceding near the ground. (Not illustrated.)
White-Eared Hummingbird
440.1. Basilinna leucotis. 3¼ inches.
These birds are of a bright metallic green above and also on the breast, the forehead, sides of head and throat are an iridescent blue, and a white line extends back from the eye. Found in the southern parts of Arizona and Texas into Central America. Nesting habits same as above.