Mulsant & Verreaux. [White-tailed Hummingbird] Eupherusa Poliocerca. 1874. Weekly Offering 7012020 following the somewhat archaic prototype

following the somewhat archaic prototype by Waldseemüller

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Mulsant & Verreaux. [White-tailed Hummingbird] Eupherusa Poliocerca. 1874. Weekly Offering 7012020 following the somewhat archaic prototypeMulsant & Verreaux [White tailed Hummingbird] Eupherusa Poliocerca 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 prominent French