CHAPTER XII. 



GOLDEN TAIL. 



HE beautiful birds that abound in 

 Brazil, as in all tropical countries, 

 "^^0" furnish a rich material for the 

 "5^ native toilet — such a material as 

 we in these colder climes cannot boast of. 

 The ancient tribes of the country adorned 

 themselves with the plumage of the birds, 

 and nowhere could they obtain more rich 

 variety. The Macaw, the Trogon, the 

 Cotinga — almost all the birds we have 

 named — yield plumes and feathers of won- 

 drous beauty. 



And the feather-flowers, made by the 

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