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materials; interwoven in such manner that they resemble purses 
of trellis work, a vara and a half in size, more or less; and lining 
them at the bottom with ceibo and other soft cottony substances, 
they leave them hanging froma branch, a support to all ap- 
pearance incapable of sustaining such a weight, and resisting the 
oscillations and movements with which they are continually agi- 
tated by the wind. They suffer no other birds, that are not of 
their own species, to rest on the trees where their nests hang, 
and they particularly dislodge from them the larger birds and 
the birds of prey by attacking them. 9 
These birds are called Hedrondes, from the smell which ex-_ 
hales from them, and which they leave in their nests. They 
are called Kenychis, which signifies “ adorned,” on account of 
the various colours of their feathers, and Poccochyenys, which 
signifies “‘ become ripe,” on account of that being a word fre- 
quently heard in their scream or song, which word has some 
analogy to their nature; for they always place themselves near 
fruit on the pomt of becoming ripe, in such a manner that they 
seem to watch and guard them until they ripen, and then they 
pluck them and fly off with them to their young. The Indians, 
who are not ignorant of this fact, avail themselves of it to 
mark those places where they come with the fruits, which are 
commonly plantains, annonas, e 1yrimoyas, papayas, pine-apples, 
OS WRENRSEd. cui. iv giimguxe of jis eheeq qindt asi 
_ If the Poccochyenys perceive any one picking the fruit, or even 
coming near them, they give evident signs of their. displeasure, 
flying from side to side, and repeating -without. ceasing the cry 
or word Poccochyeny, with other unintelligible screams, first in 
a shrill and quick tone, and afterwards soft, slow, and mournful. 
_ The Poccochyeny is a bird of the size of a Polla Galina, with 
the beak an inch and a half in length, conical, convex, and 
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