HUMMIXG-BIHDS. 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



TROPICAL BIRD LIFE. 



Tlie Toucan — Its Quarrelsome Character — The Humming-birds— Their wide Range 

 over the New World — Their Habits — Their Enemies — Their Courage — The 

 Cotingas — The Campanero — The Tangaras — The Manakins— The Cock of the 

 Rock — The Troopials — The Baltimore— The Pendulous Nests of the Cassiques 

 — The Mocking-bird— Strange Voices of Tropical Birds — The Goat-Sucker's 

 Waii— The Organista — The Cilgero — The Flamingos— The Scarlet Ibis — 

 The Jabiru— The Roseate Spoon-bill— The Jacana— The Calao— The Sun- 

 birds — The Melithreptes — The Argus — The Peacock — Tropical Waders of the 

 Old World — The African Ibis — The Numidian Crane — Australian Birds — The 



