Caption:
Peruvian sheartail, Thaumastura cora, and Purple-throated carib, Eulampis jugularis. Chromolithograph by unknown artist/engraver from Mary and Elizabeth Kirby's "Beautiful Birds in Far-Off Lands," T. Nelson, London, 1872. Mary Kirby (1817-1893) and Elizabeth Kirby (1823-1873) were two Victorian sisters who wrote many natural history books for children.