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this forest I think I have seen Soo or more. It is very shy, 

 lives mostly upon the trees, where it feeds u[)oii fruit and 

 flowers, and also, in times of scarcity of fruit, upon leaves and 

 buds. On discovering a tree laden with ils favourite food, it 

 utters a loud yell, which is a signal for all the ' cojolitos ' in 

 the forest. In a moment, from every part of the forest come, 

 the yells of dozens of other individuals ; and soon the tree is 

 covered with these birds, and in a few minutes it is stripped of 

 its fruit, and the ' cojolitos ' fly away to return no more. It 

 has been my fortune twice to be beneath the tree when these 

 birds were feeding. The first time I counted eighty-four birds 

 in one hour and a quarter. The second time fifty-one birds 

 were in the tree, when I shot and brought down eight. The 

 flesh is eaten, though it is much darker and more solid than 

 that of the Kambool." 



VIII. bridges' PENELOPE. PENELOPE OBSCURA. 



Penelope obsaira, Illiger; Temm. Pig. et Gall. iii. pp. 68, 693 

 (1815); Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 497 



(1893). 

 Penelope nigricapilla^ p. 269, P. bn'dgesi, p. 270, G. R. Gray, 



P. Z. S. i860. 

 Adult Male and Female. — General colour of the upper-parts 

 and chest olive-brown, glossed with green and washed with 

 copper on the shoulder-feathers, rump, and upper tail-coverts. 

 From the nearly allied P. piirpiirascens it may be distinguished 

 by having the feathers of the top of the head margined with 

 grev, the belly indistinctly mottled with rufous, as well as by 

 its smaller size. From P. jacupeba, to which it is also nearly 

 related, it is distinguished by the uniform broivn cheeks and 

 less marked eyebrow-slripes, which are not continued behind 

 the ear-coverts. Total length, 29-5 inches; wing, ii'3; tar- 

 sus, 3'3; middle toe and claw, 3*2. 



Range. — South America ; Uruguay, Southern Brazil (Rio to 

 Sao Paulo), Paraguay, North Argentina,, and Bolivia. 



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