SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



THE HUMMING BIRDS. 



BY 



ROBERT RIDGWAY, 



Curator^ Department of Birds. 



From the Report of the National Museum for 1800, pages 253-383 

 (with Plates I-XLVI). 



WASHINGTON: 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 



1892. 



