TO

HER ROYAL HIGHNESS

THE CROWN PRINCESS OF PRUSSIA,

PRINCESS ROYAL OF ENGLAND,

THIS MONOGRAPH

OF

THE TROCHILIDA,

OR

FAMILY OF HUMMING-BIRDS,

IS, WITH PERMISSION,

MDedtcated,

BY HER ROYAL HIGHNESS’S

MOST OBEDIENT AND FAITHFUL SERVANT,

JOHN GOULD.