72 RUFFED AND TUFTED HUMMING-BIRDS. 



line from eye to eye. The throat and part 

 of the neck are of a shining green, and 

 here are long narrow feathers that form a 

 collar or breastplate of green against the 

 blue. 



The tail-feathers are broad and ex- 

 panded, and of a metallic green. It is 

 difficult to imagine such a rai'e and sump- 

 tuous creature, even in this land of 

 beauty. 



There is a Humming-Bird also in Brazil 

 called the Tufted-neck Humming-Bird. 

 It wears a large crest of clear chestnut, 

 and the sides of the neck are adorned with 

 tufts of narrow feathers. The tufts or 

 plumes are of the same colour as the crest, 

 and end in a tip of shining green. The 

 throat and the upper part of the breast, 

 and also the forehead, are covered with 

 scale-like feathers of a brilliant green. 

 The back is of a bronzed green shaded 



