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Mulsant & Verreaux. [Glow-throated Hummingbird] Selasphorus Ardens. 1874. ornithology and for Fairfax Benjamin WinslowMulsant & Verreaux [Glow throated Hummingbird] Selasphorus Ardens 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