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VIOLET-TUFTED HUMMING-BIRD. 
Trochitus petasophorus Neuwied. 
Plate XIII. 
Trocliilus petasophorus, Neuwied; and Temminck , Planches 
Coloriees , ociii. fig. 3. — Oiseaux-inouches petasophore, Or. 
nismya petasophora, Lesson , llistoire Naturelle des Oiseaui '• 
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 fonn to some other straight- 
billed birds, such as the T. squamosus and albicollis 
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. 
