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VIOLET-TUFTED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus petasophorus NEUWIED. 

 PLATE XV FEMALE. 



Oiseau-moucheptasophore, female, Lesson, Trochilidees, 

 pi. lix. 



IN the description of the adult male of this beau- 

 tiful species, plate xiii. of our first volume, we stated 

 that the female was not well known. Lesson has 

 since published a figure of that sex, also received from 

 Brazil. The upper parts of the plumage are en- 

 tirely of a very clear green, which on the throat, 

 neck, and breast increases in brilliancy. The belly, 

 vent, and under tail-coverts are pure white. A 

 stripe of the same colour runs from the corner of the 

 mouth, below the eye, nearly to the ears, and alone 

 disturbs the uniformity of the colouring above. The 

 tail is rounded, uniformly green above, paler beneath, 

 and crossed with a bar of steel blue ; the outer fea- 

 thers are tipped with white. 



The plumage of the young is also very similar; 

 [i but the green of the breast and throat is not so bril- 

 I liant, and the belly and vent are grey. The white 

 * stripe from the opening of the mouth on the cheeks 



