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this forest I think I have seen 800 or more. It is very shy, 
lives mostly upon the trees, where it feeds upon fruit and 
flowers, and also, in times of scarcity of fruit, upon leaves and 
buds. On discovering a tree laden with its favourite food, it 
utters aloud yell, which is a signal for all the ‘ cojolitos’ in 
the forest. Ina 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 anda 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 obscura, 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. bridgest, p. 270, G. R. Gray, 
P, Z. S. 1860. 
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. purpurascens it may be distinguished 
by having the feathers of the top of the head margined with 
grey, the belly indistinctly mottled with rufous, as weil as by 
its smaller size. From /. zacupeba, to which it is also nearly 
related, it is distinguished by the wazform brown cheeks and 
less marked eyebrow-stripes, which are not continued behind 
the ear-coverts. Total length, 29°5 inches; wing, 11°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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