108 VIOLET-TUFTED HUMMING-BIRD. 
is conspicuous, and the neck-tufts are marked by a 
slightly brighter hue. 
By Lesson this species is arranged in the second 
section of his “ IV. Race, les Ramphodons,” with 
the species figured on our first and second plates. 
Both have the edges of the mandibles serrated, but 
differ very much in form and plumage from the type 
of the genus. 
