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THE TAWNY-SHOULDERED POD ARGUS. 



This bird is one of the drowsiest of creatures, being less easily roused by day than any 

 other slumberer of night. All the day long it sits sleeping upon a branch, its body crouched 



TAWNY-SHODLDERBa) PODARGUS. 



closely to the bough, its head buried amid the masses of soft feathers upon the neck and 

 shoulders, and its whole form as motionless as if it were carved out of the branch on which it 

 reposes. It is worthy of notice that the Podargi always sit across the branch on which they 

 rest, whereas the generality of Goat-suckers recline longitudinally upon the bough. This 



