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The purple- 

 breasted Co- 

 tinga, 



The purple-breasted cotinga has the throat 

 and breast of a deep purple, the wings and 

 tail black, and all the rest of the body a 

 most lively shining blue. 



The purple-throated cotinga has black wings and tail, 

 and every other part a light and glossy blue, save the 

 throat, which is purple. 



The Pompadour cotinga is entirely purple, ex- 

 m ^ _ cept his wings, which are white, their four 



The Pom- . 



padour Co- f[ r st feathers tipped with brown. The great 



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coverts of the wings are stiff, narrow, and 

 pointed, being shaped quite different from those of any 

 other bird. When you are betwixt this bird and the 

 sun in his flight, he appears uncommonly brilliant. He 

 makes a hoarse noise, which sounds like " Wallababa." 

 Hence his name amongst the Indians. 



ISTone of these three cotingas have a song. They feed 

 on the hitia, siloabali, and bastard siloabali seeds, the 

 wild guava, the fig, and other fruit-trees of the forest. 

 They are easily shot in these trees during the months of 

 December, January, and part of February. The greater 

 part of them disappear after this, and probably retire 

 far away to breed. Their nests have never been found 

 in Demerara. 



The fifth species is the celebrated Campanero of the 

 The Cam- Spaniards, called Dara by the Indians, and 

 panero. Bell-bird by the English. He is about the 

 size of the jay. His plumage is white as snow. On 

 his forehead rises a spiral tube nearly three inches long. 

 It is jet black, dotted all over with small white feathers. 

 It has a communication with the palate, and when filled 

 with air, looks like a spire ; when empty, it becomes 

 pendulous. His note is loud and clear, like the sound 



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