664 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. [Tol.\. 



1832. Lesson, R. P.— Coutinned. 



• viridis, p. 144. 55, 56, Ramphodon anais, pp. 146, 148. 57, Ornismya ! anais, p 151 58 O 

 cnstata (nid), p. 15.3. 59, O. petasophora, p. 1.54. 60, O. tncolor, p. 156. 61 O nattererii p' 

 158. 62, T. lo7ujuemareu.s,r>. 160. 63, 64, O. montana, pp. 161, 16^. (j5, O. i-ienm p. 165 66 

 O. swainsonii, p. 167. ' ' 



In the Index G6neral, 1832, the 110 spp. treated in all three of Lesson's series of Hummers 

 are rearranged systematically, according to the author's classification, in 27 ''races" and 

 sundry ' ' tribes, " with short characters and synony-my. Lesbia Less., p. xvij ; Cceligcna Less 

 p. xviij. ' 



These three books may be found bound in different ways : generally, with text of all three 

 together, and plates in three separate vols. Index General belongs to' " Trochilid6es " as per 

 title of the latter, but is separately titled and paged. There are in the whole series 86 + 66 + 

 66 = 218 plates, but only about 110 species are treated. There are both plam and colored 

 issues of the plates— both together, in the copy examined. 



These three books are hard to get the hang of; the titles are so curiously mixed up that 

 there is endless confusion in citing them, especially it second-hand. The three separate 

 series are perfectly distinct works, bibliographicaUy speaking, yet represent a simile mono- 

 graph of the Hummers, with titles enough aUke to be confusing, yet not different enough to 

 he distinctive until they are studied out. The following summary may therefore be useful : 

 Less., ■ Ois.-Mouch.\ pp. i-slvj, 1-233, pll. 1-48, 48 bis., 49-85 (86 plates). Date, 1829. 

 Less., -'Colibris et Svppl. Ois.-Moiceh:\ pp. i-x, 1-196 (CoZi&Hs, pp. 1-90; Svppl. O.-M. 

 pp. 91-192). Colibns, pU. 1-12, 12 bis, 13 bis, 14-25. Suppl. O.-M., pll. 1-39 (66 plates in 

 the two series). Date, 1830-'31. 

 Less., ■'Iroehilidees,'' pp. i-iv, 1-171, pll. 1-66. Date, 1832. 

 Index General, pp. i-xliij, no plates. Date, 1832. 

 Lesson's work on the Hununers is notable as one of the earliest extensive mono^iaphiea 

 of this extraordinary family of birds, being only preceded by that of Audebert and VieiUot. 

 It treats, however, of only about one-third of the species now known, and its claims as a con- 

 tribution to science are not of the highest. The plates are finely finished, being good work 

 of this French kind, and when colored become very pretty pictures ; but the techuic of the 

 work, as already hinted, is of moderate merit. Mauy new species and several new genera are 

 named, and various species are renamed even when tbe author knew and cited their prior 

 designations— a reprehensible habit which Lesson not seldom indulged. 



It appears from Rev. Zool, iii, 1840, p. 71, that Lesson intended to publish a fourth vol. ■ but 

 it remained ined. 



1832. LoDDiGES, G. [Characters of Four New Species of Hummiug-birds from Pop- 

 ayau, in the Collection of John Gonld. ] < P. Z. S., ii, 1832, pp. 6, 7. 

 Irochilus tyrianthinus, p. 6; T. eurypterus, T.flaveseens, T.gouldii, p. 7. 



1832. LoDDiGES, G. [Exhibition and characters of several Humming Birds from 

 Popayan. ] < Philos. Mag., xi, 18.32, p. 461. 

 From P. Z. S., Jan. 10, 1832, pp. 6, 7, q. v. 



1832. Waterton, C. Humming-birds. <^ Loudon's Mag. Xat. Hist, v, 1S32 pp 

 473-476. ■ » ' > 11 



Miscellaneous notes of habits. 



1832. Waterton, C. The Green Hummiug-hird. < Loudon's Mag. Nat. Hist, t, lf^32, 

 pp. 675, G76. 



1832. White, A. Ueber Colibris. < Fror. Xotiz., xxsv, No. 7.^.0, 1832, pp. 20-23. 



Nicht mir selbst zug.anglich— Titel ans Car. und Eng. 



1833. .Jardine, W. The | Naturalists' Library. | Ornithology. | Vol. I [II]. | Hum- 



ming-Birds. | By | Sir William Jardine, Bart. | F. R. S. E. F. L. S. *&.c. &c. | 

 Edinburgh: | W. H, Lizars, and Sterling and Kenney; | Longman, Pvees, 

 Orme, Brown, Green, and | Longman, London ; | and W. Curry, Jun. and Co. 

 Dublin. I — I 18.33. 2 vols. 16 mo. Vol. I: a green half-cover-title, 1 leaf ; a 

 notice, 1 leaf; advts., pp. 1-6; half-title, 1 leaf; portrait of Linn.-eus: eiigr. 

 col'd title, backed blank ; full title as above, backed with W. Ballantyne'& 

 Co.'s imprint; contents, pp. i-iii ; blank, p. iv; advt., pp. 1-10; half-title to 

 memoir of Linnaeus, pp. 11,12; memoir of Linnaius, pp. 13-48; regular text 

 of Humming-birds, pp. 49-147, with pll. col'd 1-34; advts., pp. 1-32 and pp. 

 1-8. Vol. II, not handled by me. 



