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Swallow tail, the first plate of the set
The first plate of the set, Swallow tail.

Family of Hummingbirds, Vol. 2, complete set

By John Gould, 1849-1861

All 75 plates of Family of Hummingbirds as facsimile giclées at the size of the original sheet, kept in a Solander box the way a library keeps the original.

  • 75 plates, each 15 × 22 in
  • A title page and a contents page with the titles of all plates
  • A Solander box in linen with gold lettering, in the colour and lettering you choose
  • A certificate of authenticity

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Family of Hummingbirds

Contents

John Gould, 1849-1861

  1. 1Swallow tailEupetomena hirundinacea
  2. 2Wedgetailed SabrewingCampylopterus pampa
  3. 3Lazuline SabrewingCampylopterus lazulus
  4. 4De Lattre’s SabrewingCampylopterus delattrei
  5. 5Blue-Throated SabrewingCampylopterus ensipennis
  6. 6Villavicencio’s SabrewingCampylopterus villavicencio
  7. 7Broad-shafted SabrewingCampylopterus latipennis
  8. 8Sombre SabrewingCampylopterus obscurus
  9. 9Fawn-breasted SabrewingCampylopterus rufus
  10. 10Rufous-breasted Sabrewing (1)Campylopterus hyperythrus
  11. 11Cuvier’s SabrewingC ampylopterus cuvieri
  12. 12Owen’s SabrewingCampylopterus roberti
  13. 13Sombre HummingbirdAphantochroa cirrhochloris
  14. 14Puce-throated HummingbirdAphantochroa gularis
  15. 15Buff-breasted LeucippusLeucippus fallax
  16. 16Pied-tailUrochroa bougueri
  17. 17BluebreastSternoclyta cyaneipectus
  18. 18The RivoliEugenus fulgens
  19. 19Blue-Throated CaziqueDelattria clemenciae
  20. 20De Rham’s GarnetLamprolaima rhami
  21. 21Henry De Lattre’s CaziqueDelattria henrica
  22. 22Rufous-breasted Sabrewing (2)Campylopterus hyperythrus plate 22
  23. 23Blackeared HummingbirdHeliopaedica melanotis
  24. 24Xantus HummingbirdHeliopaedica xantusi, lawr
  25. 25Crimson TopazTopaza pella
  26. 26Fiery TopazTopaza pyra
  27. 27Chimborazian HillstarOriotrochilus chimborazo
  28. 28Pichinchian HillstarOriotrochilus pichinchia
  29. 29Estella’s HillstarOreotrochilus estelleae
  30. 30White-sided HillstarOreotrochilus leucopleurus
  31. 31Black-breasted HillstarOreotrochilus melanogaster
  32. 32Adela’s HillstarOreotrochilus adelae
  33. 33The MangoLampornis mango
  34. 34Prevost’s MangoLampornis prevosti
  35. 35Veraguan MangoLampornis veraguensis
  36. 36Green-throated MangoLampornis gramineus
  37. 37Blue-tailed MangoLampornis viridis
  38. 38Domingo MangoLampornis aurulentus
  39. 39St. Thomas’s MangoLampornis virginalis
  40. 40Porphyry-tailed MangoLampornis porphyrurus
  41. 41Purple-breasted CaribEulampis jugularis
  42. 42Green-breasted CaribEulampis holosericeus
  43. 43Grass-green-breasted CaribEulampis chlorolaemus
  44. 44Buff-tailed Velvet-breastLavresnaya flavicaudata
  45. 45White-tailed Velvet-breastLafresnaya gayl
  46. 46Blue-fronted LancebillDorifera johannae
  47. 47Green-fronted LancebillDorifera ludoviciae
  48. 48Buffon’s PlumeleteerHypuroptila buffoni
  49. 49Golden-tailed PlumeleteerHypuroptila urochrysia
  50. 50Blue-breasted PlumeleteerHypuroptila caeruleogaster
  51. 51Emerald-fronted HummingbirdIönolaima frontalis
  52. 52Schreibers’ HummingbirdIönolaima schreibersi
  53. 53Green-crowned BrilliantHeliodoxa jacula
  54. 54Jameson’s BrilliantHeliodoxa jamesoni
  55. 55Otera BrilliantHeliodoxa otero
  56. 56Leadbeater’s BrilliantHeliodoxa leadbeateri
  57. 57Black-capped HummingbirdTrochilus polytmus
  58. 58Brazilian Wood NymphThalurania glaucopis
  59. 59Waterton’s Wood NymphThalurania watertoni
  60. 60Cayenne Wood NymphThalurania furcata
  61. 61Refulgent Wood NymphThalurania refulgens
  62. 62Tschudi’s Wood NymphThalurania tschudii
  63. 63Black-banded Wood NymphThalurania nigrofasciata
  64. 64Veraguan Wood NymphThalurania venusta
  65. 65Columbian Wood NymphThalurania columbica
  66. 66Green-crowned Wood NymphThalurania verticeps
  67. 67Brazilian Wood NymphThalurania eriphile
  68. 68Wagler’s Wood NymphThalurania wagleri
  69. 69Jardine’s PanoplitesPanoplites jardini
  70. 70Yellow-fronted PanoplitesPanoplites flavescens
  71. 71Matthews’ PanoplitesPanoplitesmatthewsi
  72. 72JacobinFlorisuga mellivora
  73. 73Great JacobinFlorisuga flabellifera
  74. 74Pied JacobinFlorisuga atra
  75. 75Snow-capMicrochera albocoronata

The contents page in the box lists every plate. Each title opens the single print.

About the original

John Gould (1804-1881) published A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Hummingbirds between 1849 and 1861: five volumes with 360 hand-coloured lithographs. Most plates show two or three birds among plants, at least one of them in flight to show the colour of its feathers.

Volume 2 of five, with sabrewings and topazes, the hillstars of the Andes, mangoes, caribs, brilliants, wood nymphs and jacobins, ending with the Snow-cap.

Title
Family of Hummingbirds
Published
1849-1861
Format
Imperial folio, 15 × 22 in
Plates
75

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