Note 26 — ERRATA. (continued 2)

Yet Sloane describes his “Least Humming-bird,” (Jam. 308) as “about 1¼ inch long, from the end of the bill to that of the tail,” while of his figure the bill alone measures ¾ inch, and the whole bird 2⁵⁄₈. As the worthy Doctor, however, is said to have taken his admeasurements with his thumb-nail, this slight variation is the less surprising.