CHAPTER XIII. 



RUFFED AND TUFTED HUMMlNG-BlllDS. 



HAVE not told you half the 

 varieties met with in the costume 

 of these beautiful birds. 



There is an ornament worn by 

 a Humming- Bird that lives in the forests 

 of Brazil. This bird has two thick tufts 

 of deep indigo-blue springing from under 

 the eyes and forming a kind of ruff. Each 

 tuft is tipped with yellow, which contrasts 

 with the intense blue of the breast. On 

 the forehead the feathers look like scales, 

 and are of a bright green ; and there is a 

 band of deep velvety black running in a 



