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Excerpt from Genera of Humming Birds: Being Also a Complete Monograph of These Birds
The author begs to acknowledge the assistance he has received in the preparation of this volume, from the British Museum, the United States National Museum, the London Zoological Society, Graf von Berlepsch, Robert Ridgway, Osbert Salvin, Auguste Sall , Eugene Simon, Chas. Cory, Salles, Lawrence, and many others, to all of whom he offers his best thanks. He has been also verv much helped in his task by perusing the excellent works on Trochilidae, of Vieillot, Lesson, Jardine, Gould, Gray, Sclater, Salvin, Mulsant, Elliot, Berlepsch, Lawrence, Ridgway, Sharpe.
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