Condamine’s Sickle-Bill (Eutoxeres Condaminei), John Gould For the discovery of a second species of Sickle-Bill, the merit is due to M. Bourcier, who procured a single specimen during his late journey in the Republic of Ecuador; and who has, in the kindest manner, sent this unique specimen from Paris to London, to enable me to give a figure of it in the present work: the notes accompanying it inform me that it inhabits the woods in the environs of Archidona; that its flight is not very rapid; that it obtains its food from the flowers of the Orchidacæ; that, according to the Indians, it is a very rare bird; and that the altitude of its habitat is about 10,000 feet. M. Bourcier has named it after M. de la Condamine, one of the three Academicians sent on a scientific expedition to Ecuador by the French Government in 1742. This illustration has been restored to its original vibrancy by enhancing colors and removing unwanted marks. A monograph of the Trochilidæ, or family of humming-birds was published between 1849 and 1887 by English ornithologist John Gould. This monumental work depicts and describes all the known species of hummingbirds at the time - comprising 418 lithographic plates and information on 537 species."