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COTINGA AND TANAGER. 
The foreign varieties of this bird are, many of 
them, of exquisite beauty in plumage, and elegance 
in form ; we may mention for example, the Paradise 
Fly-catcher. 
Of the fourth genus, (the Cotingas,) we have but 
one species in England, and that but rarely seen, the 
Silk-tail, or Waxen Chatterer, from the secondary 
quills of the wings being ornamented with a flat 
horny substance, of a bright vermilion colour, look- 
ing like red sealing-wax. In foreign countries, 
however, there are many varieties, amongst others 
the singular Bell-bird, of which we have spoken. 
It is about the size of a Jay, of a pure white, 
with nothing remarkable in its appearance, except 
that from the junction of the forehead and base 
of the beak, a long fleshy sort of slender wattle 
hangs down ; the bird has, however, the power, 
either by filling it with air, or exciting the muscles, 
of rendering it quite stiff, when it sticks up like a 
horn of about two inches in length. We have al- 
luded to the probability of this odd appendage, in 
some way or other, being the cause of the deep 
bell-toned sound of its note, the air it contains pro- 
bably contributing to its utterance. 
Of the Tanagras (Table YII., p. 13,) we have not 
one in Europe ; which is much to be lamented, for 
although they would not enliven our groves with 
their song, the brilliancy of their plumage would 
make ample amends. In the different species, every 
colour in its brightest hue may be found, sometimes 
mingled together, as in the Painted Tanager 
( Tanagra picta ), where the brightest shades of 
green, blue, orange, and black, are so intermingled 
