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l5rriziliiiiiH vvci'd iiiiicli (.00 la/y lo IrouMi! iliomsclvcs about 

 procur'ni}^ liviiifif birds. The, tuini(; " .liuiainnr " 1 never licard 

 iiNod l)y tli(!in ; tb(!y r,n\l the birds '' Mejallor do inatto/* or 

 " nejaflor (inuulcy" (wideiitly thirddii|L? tlic l)ird only a kind 

 of }.',ijj;aiHi(! 1 1 iiirimcr. 

 Tlid i rides arc brown. 



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'riic " Ann," or, as it is called liy many I'ln^TiHlinion, the 

 " |{hi,(^k I'arrol/" (I suppose! from sonn- f'anei(;d rcs(;iid)Uiiieo 

 in lh(! I)ill), is one of the niosl. eharaetcristie hirds oC Mrazil, 

 They may be seen e.V(!ry\vhere in the nei}:;hbonrhood of enlti- 

 vation, ('oinin;^; (!ven into the };ar(hMis round lleeirc, and 

 beiiifjf most abnn(hint in the neij^hhoiirhood of eatth\ They 

 are (Mnine-ntly social birds, i\u' (locks usiudly nnndx'riu^- 

 :d)oiit 'iO individuals, thou};h Hometinics nineh less. They 

 like to p(;rch on low trees and bnsh(!M, and a bush may often 

 be »cvn with a dozen or more of these; " bhutk birds'* settled 

 on il,. If alarmed one rises and (lies slowly away, the others 

 (ollowin^;- willi a eliorns oC their low, plaintive, rather whist- 

 linf; note, which sounds a, ^ood deal like cuiiui, with the last 

 Nyllable aeeenlcd. In lli;i;httlie loui;- tail is extended straight 

 out bc^hind \\\r. body, and Ihe win^s are; kejjt i-athcr hoi'izontal 

 and mov(! but slowly and Cecbly. The Ann seems very Tond 

 of i he sun ; and I have sonuHiuu-s seen twenly or mor(> pcirehed 

 in a row on the; t()|) ol" a wall sunning tluMuselvcs and preeu- 

 in;ij their CcallKM-s. Whilst so enj^aged th(;y ol'tcu (^hn'ate 

 their (ail and brin^' il forward over the licad, in much the 

 same wav -'is Toucans somejimes do. 



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'j'his Ciu'koo I only saw at Parahyba, where I. onee or twice 

 v.iunv across a, small Hock ol" (hree or four individuals in the 

 j;ar(leu near tiu; town, in ili^ht and cvy it much resembles 

 ('roio/'/idi/d ; and t he Brazilians rij^htly re(;o<ii;ni/e the allinity 

 of th(! two {^(Miera by calliu};- the present species ''Ana 

 braniio/' or "White Ann/' as opposed to the eommon or 

 blaek speeicis. 



