F.LACK WARRIOR. 



/C as is the tail, with a bronzed gloss, while the 

 under tail-coverts are brown-yellow. It is 

 curious that the hen, though in other respects 

 like the male, has no beard. 



COLUMBIAN THOHX-B1LL. 



BLACK WARRIOR. 



At the height of 13,000 feet above the 

 ocean is found a curious bird, which, from the 

 pointed plume crowning the top of its head, 

 and the long beard-like projection from its chin, 

 is very appropriately called the helmet-crest or 

 black warrior. It inhabits regions immediately 

 below the line of perpetual snow, where we 

 should least expect to find so delicate a creature. 

 Its food it gathers from the thinly scattered 

 shrubs projecting from the ledges of rock near 

 the snow: Its flight is swift, but very short. 

 When launching itself from the lofty height on 

 which it is perched, it flies obliquely downwards, 

 uttering at the same time a plaintive, whistling 



