Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history (1898)
Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889, Holder, Joseph B. (Joseph Bassett), 1824-1888, Prang, Louis, 1824-1909, lithographer, Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884, Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. Illustrated natural history, National Zoological Park (U.S.), former owner. DSI · New York : Selmar Hess · leaf 220
metallic green, and the general color of the breast and under portions of the body is green glossed with gold, with the exception of the abdomen, where the green takes a coppery hue, from which the bird has received its popular name. The ‘‘ puffs’? are of a snowy whiteness, and look like refined… … In the opinion of many observers, the Topaz Humming-birds are the most resplendent and beautiful of all their tribe, the palm of beauty being almost equally divided between the two birds which will be described in the following lines. The Firry Topaz inhabits the country through which passes the…
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