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A monograph of the Trochilidæ, or family of humming-birds /. London :Printed by Taylor and Francis ;1861 [i.e. 1849-1861].

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The Biodiversity Heritage Library improves research methodology by collaboratively making biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community

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