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The 99th plate illustration from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur (1904), showing a variety of hummingbirds.

Species:

Trochilus colubris (or Archilochus colubris) -- Ruby-throated hummingbird
Heliactin cornuta -- Horned Sungem
Topaza pella -- Crimson Topaz
Sparganura sappho (or Sappho sparganura) -- Red-tailed Comet
Lophornis ornata (now: Lophornis ornatus) -- Tufted Coquette
Docimastes ensifer (now: Ensifera ensifera) -- Sword-billed Hummingbird
Eutoxeres condamini -- Buff-tailed Sicklebill
Lophornis gouldii -- Dot-eared Coquette
Ornismya petasophora
Augastes lumachellus -- Hooded Visorbearer
Hylocharis stokesii
Steganura underwoodi (now: Ocreatus underwoodii) -- Booted Racket-tail

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Associated text (German)

Ensifera ensifera, Sword-billed Hummingbird

Eutoxeres condamini, Buff-tailed Sicklebill

Augastes lumachella, Hooded Visorbearer

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	17:42, 28 January 2006	2,359×3,308 (1.94 MB)	Ragesoss	(A color plate illustration from Ernst Haeckel's ''Kunstformen der Natur'' (1899), showing a variety of hummingbirds.)