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B) duj they remain without moving from the floor of the aviary ; in 

 the evening they mount on the highest perch, where they continue to 

 make a noise like a man snoring >"ith his mouth open. This seems 

 designed as a call for their old companions without; and, in fact, I have 

 seen severil others come to the call, and perch upon the roof of the 

 aviary, wher*s they made the same kind of hissing, and soon after 

 permitted themselves to be taken in a net." 



