TODIES. 



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a few feet of it without moving ; and it is not 

 uncommon for the negro boys to creep up behind 

 one and actually to clap their hands over the 



GREEN TODY. 



unsuspicious bird as it sits. But this abstraction 

 is more apparent than real : if we watch it, we 

 shall see that the odd-looking grey eyes are glan- 



