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SECOND The purple-throated cotinga has black wings 



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and tail, and every other part a light and glossy 



blue, save the throat, which is purple. 

 The Pom- The Pompadour cotinga is entirely purple, 

 tinga. except his wings, which are white, their four first 

 feathers tipped with brown. The great coverts of 

 the wings are stiff, narrow, and pointed, being 

 shaped quite different from those of any other 

 bird. When you are betwixt this bird and the 

 sun, in his flight, he appears uncommonly bril- 

 liant. He makes a hoarse noise, which sounds 

 like " Wallababa." Hence his name amongst the 

 Indians. 



None of these three cotingas have a song. 

 They feed on the hitia, siloabali, and bastard 

 siloabali seeds, the wild guava, the fig, and other 

 fruit trees of the forest. They are easily shot 

 in these trees during the months of December, 

 January, and part of February. The greater 

 part of them disappear after this, and probably 

 retire far away to breed. Their nests have never 

 been found in Demerara. 



The cam- The fifth species is the celebrated Campanero of 

 the Spaniards, called Dara by the Indians, and 

 Bell-bird by the English. He is about the size of 

 the jay. His plumage is white as snow. On his 

 forehead rises a spiral tube nearly three inches 

 long. It is jet black, dotted all over with small 

 white feathers. It has a communication with the 

 palate, and when filled with air, looks like a spire ; 



