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pride before the gratified females. " Tlie wild turkey-cock 

 erects his glittering plumage, expands his finely zoned tail 

 and barred wing-feathers, and altogether, with his crimson 

 and blue wattles, makes a superb, though to our eyes gro- 

 tesque, appearance. Similar facts have already been given 

 with respect to grouse of various kinds. Turning to another 



Fio. 50.— Eupicola crocea, male (T. W. Wood). 



Order. The male Eupicola crocea (Fig. 50) is one of the most 

 beautiful birds in the world, being of a splendid orange, with 

 some of the feathers curiously truncated and plumose. The 

 female is brownish green, shaded with red, and has a much 

 smaller crest. Sir R. Schomburgk has described their court- 

 ship; he fotind one of their meeting- places where ten males 

 and two females were present. The space was from four to 



