VIOLET-TUFTED HUMMING-BIRD. 
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The characteristic appearance, however, is the tufts 
of rather stiff feathers which spring from under the 
auriculars, and expand themselves upon the sides of 
the neck. They are of a purplish or violet tint, but 
in many lights assume that of a golden green. 
Specimens have yet been only received from Brasil, 
and the female has not been discovered. 
VOL. VI. 
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