Chap. IV. 



UMBRELLA BIRD. 



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Peristera, male and female) were settled on the smooth, 

 white trunks of these trees. I had also here the great 

 pleasure of seeing for the first time, the rare and curious 



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Umbrella Bird. 



Umbrella Bird (Cephalopterus ornatus), a species which 

 resembles in size, colour, and appearance our common 

 crow, but is decorated with a crest of long, curved, 

 hairy feathers having long bare quills, which, when 

 raised, spread themselves out in the form of a fringed 

 sun-shade over the head. A strange ornament, like a 

 pelerine, is also suspended from the neck, formed by 



