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and spirits ; and its movements were lively and 

 graceful, leaping from side to side of its cage, or 

 from perch to perch, with untiring agility. It had 



KEEL' BEAKED TOUCAN. 



been accustomed to occasional liberation from its 

 cage into a large yard occupied by poultry, and 

 this degree of freedom it was fond of, never 

 returning to captivity, without many efforts to 



