. Cassell's natural history . THE AIEIDIS. The Cali/ptoiiicnn rint/is, of which we give an eng-raving, was so named by Ilorsficld; itis called by Temmiuck lliipicola It inhabits some of the islands of the Ivist, asSumatra and Java. Its plumage is of a beautiful emerald green; and its wings aretraversed by three black bands. The colour of this bird so blends with that of tlie treeon which it lives that the observation of it is not easy, and hence the species appears tobe rare. THE FORK-TAILED MANAKIX.* The Fork-tailed Slanakin is one of the birds which represents this fami
. Cassell's natural history . THE AIEIDIS. The Cali/ptoiiicnn rint/is, of which we give an eng-raving, was so named by Ilorsficld; itis called by Temmiuck lliipicola It inhabits some of the islands of the Ivist, asSumatra and Java. Its plumage is of a beautiful emerald green; and its wings aretraversed by three black bands. The colour of this bird so blends with that of tlie treeon which it lives that the observation of it is not easy, and hence the species appears tobe rare. THE FORK-TAILED MANAKIX.* The Fork-tailed Slanakin is one of the birds which represents this family in beak is short and bent; its tail, as the name of the bird implies, is greatly forked. Great numbers of the true manakins, forming the restricted genus Pipm; arcdiscovered in caverns, where one cannot enter except with torches. The male andfemale are equally lively and extremely wild. It is impossible to shoot them, exceptby remaining concealed behind a rock for some hours; for the instant they perceivethe hu
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