. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. m 252 THE SUN-GE^r. im hv ^^T AT AvnJ"°? '*'"'"'" ^^â¢' â¢'"'""" ^'^' Huiunung-biixls is that wliicli is exhibited ny JJE LALANDES rLOVElt-CREST. ^"'uuLa Tliis singular bird --s remarkable from the fact tliat the c'levated plume wliich is nhrpH upon the head is terminated by a single feather, instead of being double a^k us nflS which It builds IS very pretty, and is ingeniously ^vov(.n into a tuft of leaves or twia a the extremity ot some very slend
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. m 252 THE SUN-GE^r. im hv ^^T AT AvnJ"°? '*'"'"'" ^^â¢' â¢'"'""" ^'^' Huiunung-biixls is that wliicli is exhibited ny JJE LALANDES rLOVElt-CREST. ^"'uuLa Tliis singular bird --s remarkable from the fact tliat the c'levated plume wliich is nhrpH upon the head is terminated by a single feather, instead of being double a^k us nflS which It builds IS very pretty, and is ingeniously ^vov(.n into a tuft of leaves or twia a the extremity ot some very slender branch, so that the whole structure droops doViSds i^id may be reckoned among the pensile nests. _ Its form is much elongated, and the iiiaterials of which it is composed are delicate l)ieces of roots, mosses and lichens, and spiders' webs. The male bird is the sole possessor of the beautiful crest, the female being without that decoration. The crest and the top of the liead are bright green, \\-ith the exception of the long single feather, which is jetty black Tlie ui)per surface is green washed witli bronze, and the breast and abdomen are of an intense shining violet. Behind the eye there is a small white streak. If the reader will again refer to the engraving on page 223, he will see that im- mediately under the crossed tail-feathers of the and the Cynanthus, a Huiu- ' ming-bird is rei)resented with outspread wings and a ratlier curiously formed tail This is tli(> Cayenne Fairy {IMwthrlx nurit/is), ail inhabitant of Guiana, Cayenne, and the forests near the mouth of the Amazon. In the male, the general hue of the upper surface is golden green, very light on the forehead. The four middle feathers of the tiul are blue-lilack, and the three exterior feathers are wliite. A .jetty black line is drawn across each side of tii'e face, includiucr the eye in its breadth, and ter-uinated with a small tuft of violet l)]ue ; below the Ijlack I'uiis a lumino
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