COCK OF THE HOCK . — Bupicola aurantia. 
The family of the Chatterers now comes before our notice ; the Man akins 
head the list. The largest and handsomest species of Manakin is the Cock of 
the Rock. 
It is a native of Southern America and Guinea, and, as it is a solitary and 
extremely retiring bird, is but seldom seen except by those who go in special 
search of it. This bird is remarkable, not only for the bright orange-coloured 
plumage with which its whole body is covered, but for its beautiful crest, which 
extends over the head like the plume of an ancient helmet. It generally frequents 
the banks of rocky streams and deep sombre ravines, where it traverses the 
ground with much rapidity, by means of its powerful and well-developed legs. 
As it is a solitary and very wary bird, it is seldom shot by white men, the 
greater number of existing specimens having been procured by means of the 
poisoned arrow thrown through the deadly sumpitan, or blow-pipe, of the 
Macoushi Indians. 
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