White-tip (Urosticte Benjamini), John Gould This beautiful species, one of the late discoveries in this lovely tribe of birds, differs in so many particulars from every other member of the family, that I have been constrained to give it a new generic title, and have selected that of Urosticte as indicative of the conspicuous white terminations of the four central tail-feathers; in nearly every other instance it is the outer feathers that are thus marked, and not the central ones, and it is the circumstance of the latter being thus decorated in the present bird which renders it so remarkable. 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."
 
                                 
                         Short-tailed Wood-Star, John GouldHummingbirds
Short-tailed Wood-Star, John GouldHummingbirds Atala’s Emerald, John GouldHummingbirds
Atala’s Emerald, John GouldHummingbirds Elicia’s Golden Tail, John GouldHummingbirds
Elicia’s Golden Tail, John GouldHummingbirds The Phaon Comet, John GouldHummingbirds
The Phaon Comet, John GouldHummingbirds Red-billed Azure-crown, John GouldHummingbirds
Red-billed Azure-crown, John GouldHummingbirds Ecuadorian Rainbow, John GouldHummingbirds
Ecuadorian Rainbow, John GouldHummingbirds Saucerotte’s Erythonote, John GouldHummingbirds
Saucerotte’s Erythonote, John GouldHummingbirds Chilian Fire-crown, John GouldHummingbirds
Chilian Fire-crown, John GouldHummingbirds Great Jacobin, John GouldHummingbirds
Great Jacobin, John GouldHummingbirds Langsdorff’s Thorn-tail, John GouldHummingbirds
Langsdorff’s Thorn-tail, John GouldHummingbirds Great Fork-tailed Humming-bird, John GouldHummingbirds
Great Fork-tailed Humming-bird, John GouldHummingbirds Whitely’s Humming-bird, John GouldHummingbirds
Whitely’s Humming-bird, John GouldHummingbirds Green-throated Mango, John GouldHummingbirds
Green-throated Mango, John GouldHummingbirds Train-bearer, John GouldHummingbirds
Train-bearer, John GouldHummingbirds Jardine’s Panoplites, John GouldHummingbirds
Jardine’s Panoplites, John GouldHummingbirds Brown Violet-Ear, John GouldHummingbirds
Brown Violet-Ear, John GouldHummingbirds Belted Hermit, John GouldHummingbirds
Belted Hermit, John GouldHummingbirds Evening Humming Bird, John GouldHummingbirds
Evening Humming Bird, John GouldHummingbirds Ruby-throated Humming-bird, John GouldHummingbirds
Ruby-throated Humming-bird, John GouldHummingbirds White-tip, John GouldHummingbirds
White-tip, John GouldHummingbirds