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NATTERER’S HUMMING-BIRD. 
Trochilus scutatus Natterer. 
Plate XIV. 
Oiseau-mouche £cussonnd, Trocliilus scutatus, Natterer ; Tem - 
minck, Planches Coloriees, ccxcix. fig. 3 Le Natterer, Or- 
nismya Nattererii, Lesson, llistoire Naturelle des Oiseaux 
mouches, pi. xvi. p. 75. 
The first specimens of this remarkable humming- 
bird were sent to Europe from the interior of Brasil 
by M. Natterer and M. Auguste de St Hilaire. 
The most remarkable feature in the plumage of 
this bird, is two thick, and almost downy tufts, of 
very deep indigo blue, which spring from under the 
eyes, and form a sort of ruff upon the sides of the 
neck, and which Lesson thinks appear only during 
the breeding season, as in the ruff, {Tringa pugnax, 
Linn.) If this is the case, do the ear tufts, and fea- 
thery appendages incident to so many of the family, 
appear only at this season, and disappear again when 
a quieter time succeeds ? Each tuft is tipped with 
yellow, which relieves them, when hanging upon the 
same deep indigo which covers the upper part of the 
