Xantus' Hummingbird (was Honorific Names etc.)

[Rob Colwell]

Xantus does indeed have a hummingbird named in his honor, but it is
_Hylocharis xantusii_ (the English common names are Xantus Hummingbird
or Black-fronted Hummingbird), not "Xantusia" (as suggested by Timothy
Ross), and never was. (It was described by Lawrence as _Amazilia
Xantusii_ in 1860). It is endemic to southern Baja California.

Hummingbirds I know, Code arguments I leave to the rest of you.

Rob Colwell
University of Connecticut