2fo. 4.i COUES'S ORNITH. BIBLIOGRAPHY TROCHILID^. 65& 



Trochilidse. 



1671. [WiNTHKOP, J.] A further Accompt of the Stellar Fish; formerly described in 

 Numb. 57, p. 1153 ; with the Addition of some other Curiosities. <^ Philos. 

 Trans., Yi, 1671, pp. 2221-2224. 



P. 2223, description of nest and eggs of the bird subsequently known as Trochilus colubrig; 

 nest weighed 24 grains ; one egg about 5 grains, the other 3J grains. 



1693. Grew, N. The Description of the American Tomineius, or Humming Bird, com- 

 municated by Nehemiah Grew, M. D. and Fellow of the Royal Society. <^ Phi- 

 los. Trans., xvii, 1693, pp. 760, 761. 



Description by Mr. Hamersly, of Coventry ; vague and general, but pointing to the bird 

 afterward known as Trochilus colubris. 



1693. Grew, N. A Query put by Dr. N. Grew, concerning the food of the Humming 

 Bird; occasioned by the De8cri]3tion of it in the Transactiou.s. Xumb. 200. 

 <^ Philos. Trans., xvii, 1693, p. 815. 

 "Whether it be juice of flowers, or small insects. The question was thus opened very early. 

 1698. BULLIVANT, B. Part of a Letter from Mr. Benjamin Bullivant, at Boston, in 

 New England ; to Mr. James Petiver, Apothecary, and Fellow of the Royal 

 Society, in London. Concerning some Natural Observations he had made in 

 those Parts. < Philos. Trans., xx, 1698, pp. 167, 168. 

 Feeding a "Hum-bird" {i. e., Trochihis colubris) in captivity with honey. 



1777. . Description d'uu Oiseau-Mouche. <^ Ois. et Mem. sur la Phys. (Bo- 



zier,) ix, 1777, pp. 466, 467, fig. 



Pas vue moi-meme — ^le titre tir6 de Carus and Engelmann. 



1778. Badier, — . Sur la nourriture des Colibris [Trochilidte]. <; Ois. et Mem. sur la 



Phys. , xi, 1778, pp. 32, 33. 

 Not seen. 

 1802. Audebert, J. B., and Vieillot, L. P. Histoire | Naturelle | et Gen^rale j des 

 Colibris, | Oiseaux-Mouches, | Jacamars et Promerops ; | [mut. mut. ] | Par J. 

 B. Audebert et L. P. Vieillot. | — | A Paris, | chez Desray, Libraire, Rue 

 HautefeuiUe, N° 36. | An XI = 1802. | [De I'imprimerie de Crapelet. ] gr. 

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