I
A M O N O G R A P H
OF
T H E T R O C H I L I D 2E,
OR
FAMILY OF HUMMING-BIRDS.
BY
JOHN GOULD, F.R.S.,
OF NAT. HIST. OF STRASBOURG; FOR. MEMB. OF THE NAT. HIST. SOC. OF NÜRNBERG, AND OF THE IMP. NAT. HIST. SOC. OF MOSCOW;
HON. mwmr OF THE NAT. HIST. SOO. OF DARMSTADT; OF THE NAT. HIST. AND THE NAT. HIST. AND MED. SOCS. OF
DRESDEN; OF THE ROY. SOO. OF TASMANIA; OF THE ROY. ZOOL. SOC. OF IRELAND; OF THE PENZANCE
NAT. HIST. SOC.; OF THE WORCESTER* NAT. HIST. SOC.; OF THE NORTHUMBERLAND,
DURHAM, AND NEWCASTLE NAT. HIST. SOO.; OF THE IPSWICH MUSEUM; OF
THE ORN. SOC. OF GERMANY; OF THE DORSET COUNTY MUSEUM AND
LIBRARY ; OF THE ROYAL UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION, ETC.
IN FIVE VOLUMES.
VO L . I.
L O N D O N :
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PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR, 26 CHARLOTTE STREET, BEDFORD SQUARE.
1861.
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