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PERCHING BIRDS. 
Zoological Gardens, his clear ringing note was mistaken by one of the officials for 
the sound of a blacksmith ringing on an anvil, and inquiry was made by him as to 
the work that was going on.” The adult male of the naked-throated bell-bird has 
the plumage pure white throughout, the space round the eyes and throat being 
covered with a naked skin, only sparingly invested with minute black feathers, 
which becomes of a fine green in the breeding-season. The female has a blackish 
head, and the upper-parts dull green; beneath, yellowish, varied with green. 
The cotingas are a group of chatterers, distinguished from their 
Cotingas. . ® & 1 ’ ® 
near allies, the bell-birds, by the brilliancy of the coloration of the 
males. The type has the bill depressed, broad at the base, and narrowed towards 
the extremity, the upper mandible slightly arched; the wings being of moderate 
COMMON MANAKIN (§ Hat. size). 
size and pointed; the metatarsus short, and the toes stout, and furnished with fine 
claws. The cotingas inhabit the forests of Southern Brazil. The banded cotinga 
(Cotingci cincta) is a bird of solitary habits, keeping to the topmost branches of 
trees, and generally residing in a dense forest, though at times it approaches the 
cultivated grounds in search of food. It feeds upon a variety of fruits, which its 
wide gape enables it to swallow with ease. The adult male has the upper-parts 
and the band across the breast full ultramarine blue, while the under-parts are of 
a deep plum-colour. 
Manakins These birds ( Pipra ) are of gay appearance, generally exhibiting 
rich tints of blue, crimson, scarlet, orange, or yellow in combination with 
chestnut, deep black, black-and-white, or olive-green ; and among their most obvious 
characteristics are their short bill and feeble feet, of which latter the fourth toe is 
united to the third toe for a good part of its length. Some few are crested; and the 
tail is very short in the majority of species, but in others the central feathers are much 
