





AV -^ 



GENERAL HISTOKY 



OF 



HUMMING-BIRDS, 



OR THE 



TROCHILIDJE: 



WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE 



ILLECTION OF J. GOULD, E.E.S. Ac. 



NOW EXHIBITING IN THE 

 GARDENS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



BY 



W. C. L. MARTIN, 



LATE ONE OF THE SCIENTIFIC OFFICERS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL 

 SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



LONDON: 

 H. G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 



