A MONOGRAPH 



OF 



THE TROCHILIDiE. 



OR 



FAMILY OF HUMMING-BIRDS. 



BY 



JOHN GOULD, F.R.S., 



F.L.S., V.P. AND F.Z.S., M.E.S., F.R.GEOG.S., M.RAYS., CORK. MEMB. OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF TURIN; OF THE SOC. OF THE MUSEUM 



OF NAT. HIST. OF STRASBOURG; FOR. MEMB. OF THE NAT. HIST. SOC. OF NURNBERG, AND OF THE IMP. NAT. HIST. SOC. OF MOSCOW j 



HON. MEMB. OF THE NAT. HIST. SOC. OF DARMSTADT ; OF THE NAT. HIST. AND THE NAT. HIST. AND MED. SOCS. OF 



DRESDEN ; OF THE ROY. SOC. OF TASMANIA j OF THE ROY. ZOOL. SOC. OF IRELAND ; OF THE PENZANCE 



NAT. HIST. SOC; OF THE WORCESTER NAT. HIST. SOC; OF THE NORTHUMBERLAND, 



DURHAM, AND NEWCASTLE NAT. HIST. SOC. ; OF THE IPSWICH MUSEUM ; OF 



THE ORN. SOC OF GERMANY; OF THE DORSET COUNTY MUSEUM AND 



LIBRARY; OF THE ROYAL UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION, ETC. 



IN FIVE VOLUMES, 

 VOL. I. 



LONDON: 



PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET. 



PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR, 26 CHARLOTTE STREET, BEDFORD SQUARE 



1861. 



[THE AUTHOR RESEEVES TO HIMSELF THE RIGHT OP TEANSLATION.l 



