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BLACK WARRIOR. 



as is the tail, with a bronzed gloss, while the 

 under tail -coverts are brown -yellow. It is 

 curious that the hen, though in other respects 

 like the male, has no beard. 



BLACK WARRIOR. 



At the height of 13,000 feet above the 

 ocean is found a curious bird, which, from the 

 pointed plume crowning the top of its head, 

 and the long beard-like projection from its chin, 

 is very appropriately called the helmet-crest or 

 black warrior. It inhabits regions immediately 

 below the line of perpetual snow, where we 

 should least expect to find so delicate a creature. 

 Its food it gathers from the thinly scattered 

 shrubs projecting from the ledges of rock near 

 the snow. Its flight is swift, but very short. 

 When launching itself from the lofty height on 

 which it is perched, it flies obliquely downwards, 

 uttering at the same time a plaintive, whistling 



