This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 edition. Excerpt: ...vol. iii, pl. 128.--Des Murs, Voy. Castel. (Oiseaux.), p. 41.--Reich., Aufz. der Colib., p. 12 (1853).--Id., Troch. Euum., p. 9 (1855). Prymnacantha langsdorffi, Cab. and-hein., Mus. Hein. Th., iii (1860), p. 64.--Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., vol. iii (1876), p. 238. Gouldia melanosternum, Gould, Ann ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 edition. Excerpt: ...vol. iii, pl. 128.--Des Murs, Voy. Castel. (Oiseaux.), p. 41.--Reich., Aufz. der Colib., p. 12 (1853).--Id., Troch. Euum., p. 9 (1855). Prymnacantha langsdorffi, Cab. and-hein., Mus. Hein. Th., iii (1860), p. 64.--Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., vol. iii (1876), p. 238. Gouldia melanosternum, Gould, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (1868), 4th ser., vol. i, p. 323. Hab. Brazil, upper Amazon, Peru. Male. Crown, throat, and breast glittering metallic grass-green, bounded beneath by a line of fiery-red. Upper surface bronzy-green, with a white band across the rump. Lower portion of breast black, rest of under parts grayish-white. Median rectrices steel-blue with white shafts, lateral ones steel-blue at base, then brownishwhite with brown shafts. Wings purple-brown. Bill black. Total length, 4 in. Wing, 1 in. Tail, 3 in. Culmen, T7g in. Female. Upper surface bronzy-green with a white band across the rump. Chin black; a white line from the angle of bill. Throat spotted with green. Tail short. Median rectrices steel-blue tipped with white; lateral ones grayish-white, with a subterminal steel-blue bar. 3. Gouldia conversi. Trochilus conversi, Bourc. and Muls., Ann. Soc. Agr., Lyon (1846), p. 313.--Id., Rev. Zool. (1846), p. 314, pl. 3. Mellimga conversi, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 113 (1844-49). Gouldia conversi, Bon., Consp. Gen. Av. (1850), vol. i, p. 86.--Id., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 257.--Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iii, pl. 129.--Reich., Aufz. der Colib. p. 12 (1853).--Id., Troch. Euum., p. 9 (1855).--Gould, Intr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 86 (1861). Prymnacantha conversi, Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein. Th., iii (1860), p. 65.--Muls., Hist. Nut. Ois. Mouch., vol. iii, p. 242. Hab. Columbia. Male. Head and throat shining dark grass-green. A white band...
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Very Good. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 317; 127 figures from woodcut; 4to 11"-13" tall; 248 pages; Neatly excised from the bound Volume XXIII. Contents Fine. Illustrated with 127 woodcut figures in-text. Disbound and ready for the binding of the buyer's choice. A standard reference on Hummingbirds....I can have wraps or boards professionally added for extra $45 to 110....Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.
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