On 6/3/04 6:52 AM, "Mike Patterson" <celata at pacifier.com> wrote:

> There was at one time a specimen record for Allen's Hummingbird
> in Washington, the the specimens has apparently been lost and I
> don't believe the record is considered valid any more.

This individual, a male, was collected in Seattle on 27 May 1894. The
specimen is in the Burke Museum (#20483), where it was studied by members of
the Washington Bird Records Committee about ten years ago. The Committee
accepted it as a valid record. The published report: Tweit, B., and J.
Skriletz. 1996. Second Report of the Washington Bird Records Committee.
Washington Birds 5:7-28.

Hal Opperman
Medina, Washington
hal at catharus.net