320 NATURALIST'S CABINET. 



Description. 



They, as well as the starlings, require much pains 

 to be taken with them in the early part of their 

 education, and should never be fed without what 

 they are wished to learn being repeated to them; 

 they soon grow attentive, and generally by the 

 time they are three months old, will begin to re- 

 cord to themselves, after which a very few les- 

 sons will render them perfect. 



THE TRUMPETER. 



ONLY two species of this bird have as yet 

 been discovered. The one under present consi- 

 deration, called also the agami, is about twenty- 

 two inches in length ; and its legs are five inches 

 high, and completely covered with small scales, 

 which reach two inches above the knee. Its ge- 

 neral plumage is black : and the feathers of the 

 head and neck are very short and downy ; those 

 of the forepart of the neck, and upper part of the 

 breast, of a very glossy gilded green, with a re- 

 flection of blue in some lights. The feathers be- 

 tween the shoulders are rust-coloured, changing 

 into a pale ash-colour as they pass downwards: 

 they are loose and silky. Those of the scapulars 

 are long; and hang over the tail, which is very 

 short, and consists of twelve blackish feathers. 

 The legs are greenish; and the bill is yellowish 

 green, having the nostrils pervious, perfectly re- 

 sembling that of geliuaceous birds. 

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