Ru-piē'o-lă, n.

noun

n. [Lat. rupes, gen. rupis, a rock, and colere, to frequent, to inhabit.] (Ornith.) A genus of birds belonging to the dentirostral tribe, of the order Passeres, and family Ampelidæ. The species are remarkable for possessing an elevated crest of feathers on the head, and for the extreme freshness and delicacy of the color of their plumage. Baird.

Cock of the Rock (R. aurantia).

An illustration of a crested cock of the rock perched on a branch. — Cock of the Rock (*R. aurantia*).