A Correction
A Correction
In THE CONDOR for November, 1909, I publisht an article on the nesting of the Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus ptatycercus) in Gallatin County, Montana. Since then Prof. Wells W. Cooke has called my attention to the fact that the Broad-tailed Hummingbird is not ordinarily known to breed in Montana, while the Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) is known to breed there, tho not previously from that part of the State. Since the identification was by sight only, and that of a female bird, it is most probable that the bird which I saw was the Rufous Hummingbird. I was misled by the statement of the ranges of these species in the manuals, which led me to believe that the Rufous Hummingbird could occur only as a migrant in Montana, while the Broad-tailed, being found as far north as Idaho and Wyoming, might occur in southern Montana.
