INTRODUCTION.

The Index to the specific names of Humming-Birds comprises every term of this kind with which |

am acquainted. Among them are some which are not e
ific appellations occurring ‘1 the works of the older and a few of the more modern authors, which

ossible to ascertain to what birds they have been applied. It is but fair to state
and Heine, and the Chlorestes zolaimus of Reichenbach appear

lsewhere mentioned in this Introduction ; these are

the spec
I have found it quite imp
that the Urolampra chloropogon of Cabanis
from the descriptions and figures to be good species ;
unable to speak positively respecting them ; I shall, however, keep the subject of the Humming-Birds con-

re me, and, when desirable, place my remarks upon these, and any novelties that may occur
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but, as I have not seen the typical examples, I am

stantly befo
before the scientific world.
At page xvii I have stated that the Humming-Birds, like the Swifts, have ample wings and vast powers

ar contradictory to the remarks made on the wing-powers of Selasphorus rufus

of flight. As this may appe
and Trochilus Colubris at page xili, it will be as well to state, what I meant to convey is that their ample

wings and bony structure is admirably adapted for sustaining them in the air for a considerable time, rather
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than for enabling them to take long flights from one country to another.

 
    
   
   
  
  
  
 
  
   
 
  
  
   
  
  
   

 

 

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