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another rnnnirn,' from the angle of the mouth ,|,m,, the neck. The quill- feat hem of the wing 

 arede-|. l.rown edged with sulphur-yellow. Tin- uhole of th.- ,, ,-face la yellow with a 



tinp-, ami i- i.r-.fiivh >(H,tt,-,i with bhu-k. The total 1- : : this speciw rather 



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THE Pieulets seem to bear the some proj/rtimi t< tli. \\ '.KK I) Makers aa the merlin to th* 

 eagle, being about the size of Mpurrowu an. I m-.i.- ^1. ml, rly framed. Their hills an ahorter in 

 j.r..j,i,iiiMii thun those of the true Wood) .m.lan- rath.-i .I,-,-|HT ili;,n i,|e at the baae. 



Tli.-ir wings are short and rounded, niul th.-ir iail> an- :.!-. -)i, lt t 



The PIGMY Picrusr is a very |.n-tiy ,-xanii.l.- ..f this littl,. Mil.-family. It b a native of 

 Southern America, and is generally fmiinl in tin- \asi (un-m* of that fi-rril.- hind. It is a lively 

 little creature, running quickly up the trunks of trees after the manner of the 



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creeper, but seldom appearing to use its tail in aid of its progress, or to nek its food on the 

 tree-trunks in the usual Woodpecker fashion. In general it is seen among the branches, 

 where it sits across the boughs when at rest, and hops quickly from one branch to another 

 while searching after its food. 



It is not a gregarious bird, being generally found either singly or in pain. The neat of 

 this species is made in hollow trees, and its eggs are only two in number. 



This species is a remarkably jin-tty one. Hepant in shape and delicately colored. The 

 general color of the back and U|>|MT portions of the body is a very soft hair-brown, and the 

 wings are also brown, but of a deeper hue. Ov.-r tl* back are scattered a few oval i>t,s of a 

 much lighter brown, each having a nearly black spot towards one end, and contrasting in a 

 very pleasing manner with th<* >l<-licate brown of the back. The tail is of the sam< dark 

 brown as the wings, with the <-\ci-|>ti<>n <>f the two central feathers, which are of a light fawn. 

 The most striking portion of this bird N tin- top of tin- h-a<l. which is decorated with a bright 

 scarlet crest-like crown, covered with velvety-black <lots. Thf MM <>f the head and the back 

 of the n.-ck are jetty black, interspersed with white dot*. The under surface of the bo-i\ if 

 pale brown variegated with the same curious spots aa those of the back. In sue thLi bird 

 hardly exceeds a wren. 



