CHAPTEK XVIII. 



THE GREAT CRESTED COQUETTE. 



HIS bird, though it comes hist in 

 the volume, is by no means least 

 in beauty. 



It is one of the loveliest of 

 birds. 



The shape of its body very much re- 

 sembles that of the Humming-Bird Hawk- 

 Moth, of which we have spoken before. 



Its wings are small, and of a purplish- 

 brown colour. The neck and upper part 

 of the body are clothed with green and 

 gold, and the feathers are arranged to look 

 like a gorget. The tail is chestnut-red, 

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