98 THE GREAT CRESTED COQUETTE. 



and is slightly forked. But the most 

 brilliant ornament worn by the Coquette — 

 for such it is — consists of a splendid orange 

 crest of a shining red, and the feathers 

 of which rise up into a point. Nothing 

 can exceed the beauty of this sparkling 

 crest, as it glitters in the sun. It gives to 

 the bird an appearance that can hardly be 

 described. 



The Coquette has even been spoken of 

 as a '' winged flame." 



The home of the Coquette is in the 

 country of Bolivia, and along the banks of 

 the great rivers. 



For the rivers in America, like the 

 mountains and the plains, are on a scale of 

 the utmost magnitude. They wind along 

 with the grandeur almost of the ocean. 



The giant river of South America is the 

 Amazon, that in places spreads out into 

 an expanse of water of a pale yellowish 



