† starry hummern.North AmericanObsoleterare the calliope hummingbird, Selaphorus calliope, the male of which has a white throat marked with iridescent wine-red streaks. Formerly placed in the genus Stellula ('little star').
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1884 E. CouesKey to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) 465Stellula, Starry Hummers.