Mulsant & Verreaux. [Purple-backed thornbill Hummingbird] Ramphomicron Microrhynchus. 1874. 1016-B 18 7/8" x 14" vellum

18 7/8" x 14" vellum

[South America] The Heart of the Andes

It is said for certain in the Antilles that a traveler who has the misfortune to fall asleep under a manchineel tree never wakes up again

was apparently based on the first state of the 1723 Burgis view

The birds are defined with subtle modulations of delicate hues

Mulsant & Verreaux. [Purple-backed thornbill Hummingbird] Ramphomicron Microrhynchus. 1874. 1016-B 18 7/8" x 14" vellumMulsant & Verreaux [Purple backed thornbill Hummingbird] Ramphomicron Microrhynchus from Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux Mouches, ou Colibris constituant la famille des Trochildes Published: Lyon, 1874 Lithograph with original hand coloring Paper size: 12 1 4 x 8 3 4 Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux Mouches, ou Colibris constituant la famille des Trochildes (The Natural History of Hummingbirds constituting the Trochilidae family) was published in 1874 by