FRUIT-CROWS. 



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plantations for the purpose of procuring food, which consists of 

 various fruits and berries. Other species are inhabitants of the 

 northern parts of South America, where they may be seen in the 

 forests, leaping from branch to branch. They wander from place 

 to place in search of their food, and are restless and mischievous ; 

 but if observed, they conceal themselves among the foliage. Their 

 nests are said to be constructed at the tops of high trees that 

 border the great riv^ers. 



Fig. S5.- The Oronoco Y-b.\3W-Q.ko\s (Coracina 0>onoccnds). 



The birds belonging to this sub-family derive their scientific 

 name from the peculiarity of their plumage. In some of them, 

 instead of the usual feathers, the head and neck are clothed with 

 a sort of velvety down. Their common English names are derived 

 from the same circumstance : thus the Bare-necked Fruit-Crow, 

 an inhabitant of Brazil and Guiana, the Bald Fruit-Crow, and 

 several other species inhabiting the central parts of America, are 

 all more or less denuded. Belonging to this group must be 

 noticed 



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