L. 

 GOLDEN TAIL. 



beautiful birds that abound in Brazil, 

 as in all tropical countries, furnish a 

 rich material for the native toilette- 

 such a material as we in these colder 

 climes cannot boast of. The ancient tribes of 

 the country adorned themselves with the plum- 

 age of the birds, and nowhere could they obtain 

 more rich variety. The Macaw, the Trogon, 

 the Cotinga almost all the birds we have 

 named yield plumes and feathers of wondrous 

 beauty. 



And the feather-flowers, made by the Indians, 

 are esteemed the loveliest ornaments by people 



