474 COTINGAS. 



the forests of Tierra del Fuego, where it may l>e soon flitting 

 about in snow-storms ; as also in the humid climate of the 

 wooded island of Chiloe, where Darwin found it skimming 

 from side to side amidst the drooping foliage. On the moun- 

 tain heights, in the thick forests and open plains, wherever 

 llowers and insects exist, there one or more species make their 

 home throughout the continent. 



COTINGAS. 



Lovely as are the humming-birds, the cotingas, belonging to 

 the order of Passeres, and of which there are several species, 

 almost rival them in beauty of plumage. The crown of one 

 is of a flaming red, abruptly succeeded by a shining brown 

 reaching half-way down the back. The remainder of the 

 back, rump, and tail, the extremity of which is edged with 

 black, is of a lively red. The belly is of a. somewhat lighter 

 red, the breast reddish-black, the wings brown. 



This cotinga is a solitary bird, and utters only a monoton- 

 ous whistle, which sounds like quet Another has a purple 

 breast with black wings, and tail and every other part of a 

 light and glossy 1)1 no. 



The pompadour cotinga has a purple body and white wings, 

 their four first feathers tipped with brown. 



.None of those have any song. The last, however, utters 

 sounds something like wallababa. They feed on the fig, wild 

 guaco, and other fruit-trees. 



THE CAM PAN KIK i, oil BELL-BIRD. 

 V;w away in the forest a singularly loud and clear nolo, 

 like the sound of a bell, is hoard; mile after mile, and still 

 the same strange note roaches the oar. A single toll ; then a 



