TO 



HER ROYAL HIGHNESS 



THE CEOWJNT PEINCESS OP PRUSSIA 



PRINCESS ROYAL OF ENGLAND, 



THIS MONOGRAPH 



OF 



THE TROCHILIDiE, 



OR 



FAMILY OF HUMMING-BIRDS 



IS, WITH PERMISSION, 



JBeticateti, 



BY HER ROYAL HIGHNESS'S 



MOST OBEDIENT AND FAITHFUL SERVANT, 



JOHN GOULD 



