406 FOREIGN BIRDS. 



and legs, black ; four inches long ; inhabits St. Domingo ; is very 

 shy, and easily eludes the vigilance of those who attempt to 

 take it, by perpetually skipping, like the creeper, to the oppo- 

 site branches of the tree : its note is musical, and forms a com- 

 plete octave, one note regularly succeeding another. 



The Rupicola, Rock or Crested -Man akin, Cock-of -the- Rock, 

 or Hoopoe-Hen, is a showy and elegant bird ; the crest is erect, 

 very large for the size of the animal, and edged with purple; 

 bill yellowish ; body bright, reddish orange, varied in the wings 

 with white and brown; legs yellow, size of a pigeon ; length 

 from ten to twelve inches ; eggs two, white; builds in the clefts 

 of remotest rocks; shy, but may be tamed if taken young; feeds 

 on small wild fruit. Female and young birds brown ; inhabits 

 the rocky parts of South America. 



The Manucus, or Black-capped-Manakin, is black above, 

 beneath white; spot on the neck, above, and on the wings, 

 white; bill black, legs yellow; it is a restless bird; gregarious ; 

 and inhabits the woods of Guiana. 



The Minuta, or Little-Man a kin, is grey; head black, 

 speckled with white ; size of a small wren ; inhabits India. 



For an account of the Mocking-bird, see page 373; but it 

 may be stated here that its day~song consists generally of the imi- 

 tations of the notes of other birds; its night- song, (see forward,) 

 is its own. 



