Chap. IV. 
UMBRELLA BIRD. 
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Peristera, male and female) were settled on the smooth, 
white trunks of these trees. I had also here the great 
pleasure of seeing for the first time, the rare and curious 
Umbrella Bird- 
Umbrella Bird (Cephalopterus ornatus), a species which 
resembles in size, colour, and appearance our common 
crow, but is decorated with a crest of long, curved, 
hairy feathers having long bare quills, which, when 
raised, spread themselves out in the form of a fringed 
sun-shade over the head. A strange ornament, like a 
pelerine, is also suspended from the neck, formed by 
