LVII. 

 THE GREAT CRESTED COQUETTE. 



~E bird in the Picture, though it comes last 

 in the volume, is by no means least in 

 beauty. 



It is one of the loveliest of the beau- 

 tiful birds. 



The shape of its body very much resembles 

 that of the humming-bird hawk-moth, of which 

 we have spoken before. 



Its wings are small, and of a purplish-brown 

 colour. The neck and upper part of the body are 

 clothed with green and gold, and the feathers are 

 arranged to look like a gorget. The tail is chest- 

 nut-red, and is slightly forked. But the most 



