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as to render it, when exposed to the full rays of the 
sun, almost dazzling to look upon. In another, the 
Scarlet Tanager, there are only two colours, hut so 
contrasted as to produce the strongest effect; the 
wings and tail appearing like the deepest shade of 
jet-black velvet; while the rest of the bird is of the 
deep crimson blood-red colour of the fleshy part of 
a ripe cherry. Its note is very simple, hut has one 
peculiarity; viz., that although the bird maybe close 
at hand, the sound appears to come from a distance ; 
and as it lives generally in the most secluded shades 
of the forest, it is not improbable, that this deception 
in its note may often he the means of preserving its 
life, the hunter being thus led away from an object 
so easily discovered ; but which, owing to the appa- 
rently distant sound, he little suspects to be within 
his reach. 
TABLE VIII. (See page 13.) 
Order 2. Passerine. Tribe 2. Serratirostral (ser- 
rated bills), so called from the jagged or tooth-like edges 
of the bill. 
This tribe consists but of three genera: 1. The 
Plant-cutter; 2. the Momots; 3. the Hornbills; all 
foreign birds, and their habits but little known. Of 
the last, namely the Hornbills ( Buceros ), living 
specimens are occasionally taken ; and in the Spring 
of 1833, one was procured for the Zoological Gar- 
dens, in the Regent’s Park, London, but notwith- 
standing every attention, it did not live long. Of 
the seemingly deformed and monstrous bills of these 
birds, we have already spoken. Of their use, we 
