406 FOREIGN BIRDS. 



and legs, black ; four inches long; inhabits St. Domingo; is very 

 shy, and easily eludes the vigilance of those who attempt to 

 take it, by perpetually skipping, like the creeper, to the. oppo- 

 site branches of the tree : its note is musical, and forms a com- 

 plete octave, one note regularly succeeding another. 



The RupicolOf Rock or Crested-Manakin, Cock-of-the-Rockj 

 or Hoopoe-Hen, is a showy and elegant bird ; the crest is erect, 

 very large for the size of the animal, and edged with purple ; 

 bill yellowish ; body bright, reddish orange, varied in the wings 

 with white and brown ; legs yellow, size of a pigeon ; length 

 from ten to twelve inches ; eggs two, white ; builds in the clefts 

 of remotest rocks; shy, but may be tamed if taken young ; feeds 

 on small wild fruit. Female and young birds brown ; inhabits 

 the rocky parts of South America. 



The Manacus, or Black-capped-Manakin, is black above, 

 beneath white ; spot on the neck, above, and on the wings, 

 white ; bill black, legs yellow ; it is a restless bird ; gregariwis j 

 and inhabits the woods of Guiana. 



The Minutay or Little-Manakin, is greyj head black, 

 speckled with white ; size of a small wren ; inhabits India. 



For an account of the Mocking-bird, see page 373; but it 

 may be stated here that its day-sow» consists generally of the imi- 

 tations of the notes of other birds; its night-song, {^Qt forward,) 

 is its own. 



