^ SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



^L 



THE HUMMING BIRDS 



ROBERT RIDGWAY, 

 • • • 



Curator^ Dfjiartiiient of Birds. 



From the Report of the National Museum for 1890, 

 (with Plates I-XLVI) 



WASHINGTON: 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 



1892. 



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