Chap. XIII.] 



INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC. 



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{d, e, f) in the female. Even the bones of tlie wing which 

 support these singular feathers in the male are said by- 

 Mr. Fraser to be much thickened. These little birds 

 make an extraordinary noise, the first " sharp note being 

 not unlike the crack of a whip." ^^ 



Fig. 45.— Secondary win^'-feathers of Pipra deliciosa (from Mr. Sclater, in Proc. 



Zool. Soc. 1800). The thieo upper feathers, a, b, e, from the male ; the three 



lower corresponding feathers, d,e,f, from the female. 

 a and d. Fifth secondary wince-feather of male and female, upper surface, b 



and e. Sixth secondary, upper surface, c and /. Seventh secondary, lower 



surface. 



=8 Sclater, in 'Proc. Zool Soc' 1860, p. 90, and in 'Ibis,' vol. iv. 

 1862, p. 1V5. Also Salvin, in 'Ibis,' 1860, p. 87. 



