[Illustration: _Plate 16, Cassell's Book of Birds_ 1. Kestrel (_Falco tinnunculus_).--2. Sparrowhawk (_Accipiter Nisus_).--3. Great grey Shrike (_Lanius excubitor_).--4. Red backed Shrike (_Lanius collurio_). 5. Cuckoo (_Cuculus canocus_).--6. Nuthatch (_Sitta europæa_).--7. Creeper (_Certhia familiaris_).--8. Pied Fly-catcher (_Muscicapa luctuosa_).--9. Spotted Fly-catcher (_Muscicapa grisola_).--10. Yellow Wagtail (_Motacilla flava_).--11. Pied Wagtail (_Motacilla alba_).--12. Missel Thrush (_Turdus viscivorus_).--13. Blackbird (_Turdus merula_).--14. Thrush (_Turdus musicus_).--15. Ring Ouzel (_Turdus torquatus_).--16. Red Start (_Phoenicura ruticilla_).--17. Greenfinch (_Cocothraustes chloris_).--18. Bulfinch (_Pyrrhula vulgaris_).--19. Goldfinch (_Fringilla carduelis_).--20. Lesser Redpole (_Fringilla linaria_).--21. Chaffinch (_Fringilla cœlebs_).--22. Linnet (_Fringilla cannabina_).--23. Yellow-ammer (_Emberiza citrinella_).--24. Tree Sparrow (_Passer montanus_).--25. House Sparrow (_Passer domesticus_).--26. Greater Titmouse (_Parus Major_).--27. Tomtit (_Parus ceruleus_).--28. Bottle Tit (_Parus caudatus_).--29. Marsh Titmouse (_Parus palustris_).--30. Cole Titmouse (_Parus ater_).--31. Golden-crested Wren (_Regulus auricapillus_).--32. Fire Crest (_Regulus ignicapillus_).--33. Redbreast (_Erythaca rubecula_).--34. Wren (_Troglodytes europæus_).--35. Swallow (_Hirundo rustica_).--36. Tit Lark (_Anthus pratensis_).--37. Skylark (_Alauda arvensis_).--38. Woodlark (_Alauda arborea_).--39. Hedge Sparrow (_Accentor modularis_).--40. Grasshopper Warbler (_Salicaria locustella_).--41. Nightjar (_Caprimulgus europæus_).--42. Quail (_Coturnix vulgaris_).] We are almost entirely without particulars as to the habits of these remarkable birds, except that they live in pairs in the depths of the forests of Guiana and North Brazil, and are rarely met with at an altitude of more than 1,200 feet above the level of the sea. Fruits appear to constitute their principal nourishment; and when not engaged in satisfying the calls of hunger, the couples are usually to be seen perched side by side upon a branch. Their cry, which resembles the bleating of a calf, is uttered, according to Schomburghk, at regular intervals. [Illustration: THE UMBRELLA BIRD, OR UMBRELLA CHATTERER (_Cephalopterus ornatus_).] THE UMBRELLA BIRD.