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VIOLET-TUFTED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus petasophorus NEUWIEO. 



PLATE XIII. 



Trochilus petasophorus, Neuwied ; and Temminck, Planchet 

 Coloriees, cciii. fig. 3. Oiseaux-mouches petasophore, Oc. 

 nisinya petasophora, Lesson, Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux* 

 mouches, pi. i. male. 



THE birds figured on this and the following plates, 

 present a curious feature in the tufts of feathers which 

 arise from the sides of the neck, but in other respects 

 show a close alliance in form to some other straight- 

 billed birds, such as the T. squiamows and albicottis 

 of Temminck ; and that now described has the addi- 

 tional feature of having the bill serrated upon the 

 margins. 



It is a native of Brasil, and was met with by both 

 Natterer and the Prince Maximilian of Neuwied. 

 The upper parts are of a golden green, and a soft 

 and brilliant tint of the same colour clothes the chin 

 and throat, changing to a duller shade upon the 

 breast, on the belly and vent having a slight tinge 

 of gray, while the under tail-coverts are of a pure 

 white. 



