. A dictionary of birds . Fifth, Sixth, ajvd Seventh Secondaries OF THE MALE DELICIO- sus: the first two from above, thelast from beneath. CORRESPONDINO FEATHERS OF THE FEMALI;SHEWIMO THE SAME ASPECT. (From the Proceedings of the Zoological Society, 1S60, p. 90.) in Cayenne, according to Buffon (Hist. Nat. Oiseaiix, iv. p. 413), ofCassenoisette. This view is supported by Mr. Layard, who, writing ofthe last species, says (Ibis, 1873, p. 384)—They make a curiousrattling noise (I suspect, by some movement of the oddly shapedwing-feathers), which constantly beti^ays their presence i
. A dictionary of birds . Fifth, Sixth, ajvd Seventh Secondaries OF THE MALE DELICIO- sus: the first two from above, thelast from beneath. CORRESPONDINO FEATHERS OF THE FEMALI;SHEWIMO THE SAME ASPECT. (From the Proceedings of the Zoological Society, 1S60, p. 90.) in Cayenne, according to Buffon (Hist. Nat. Oiseaiix, iv. p. 413), ofCassenoisette. This view is supported by Mr. Layard, who, writing ofthe last species, says (Ibis, 1873, p. 384)—They make a curiousrattling noise (I suspect, by some movement of the oddly shapedwing-feathers), which constantly beti^ays their presence in theforests, while of the congeneric 31. guftnrosus, Mr. J. F. Hamiltonremarks (Ibis, 1871, p. 305)—The first intimation given of thepresence of one of these birds is a sharp whirring sound very likethat of a childs small wooden rattle, followed by two or three sharpsnaps. The same observer adds (loc. cit.) of a member of thekindred genus Chiroxiphia, containing 5 species, that C. caudata isknown to the Brazilians as
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