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likewise turn tlieir beautiful tails and tail-coverts a little 

 toward the same side. Mr. Bartlett lias observed a male 

 Polypleotron (Fig. 51) in tbe act of courtship, and has 



Fig. 51.— Polypleotron chiuquis, male (T. W. Wood). 



shown me a specimen stuffed in the attitude then assumed. 

 The tail and wing-feathers of this bird are ornamented with 

 beautiful ocelli, like those on the peacock's train. Now, 



