KTKlilD.K- Tin: OiUOLES. 1^0 



can, altluui^^h we doiilti \eiy niudi wIiuIIkt tin* .spt'cies was evur taken witliin 

 onr limits, except as t'scaiH'd IVnni captivity 



An ailictl race {/. luiujirostri-^^ liuni New (Jrenatia has a lunijer and nioro 

 slender liill, and a paler, leninn-yelluw color. The /. aarmdiiis ot" Urazil 

 lacks the loii^, pointed, distinct feathers )f the tiir<»at, and is of an intens(dy 

 ricli orange-red color, with much tiie same ])atteni as the present bird. 



Hviurs. 'I'he common Trt)U})ial of South America and some of tlie West 

 India Islands is prohahly only an imported spetdes, or an acci(hmtal visitant. 

 It is Ljiven l»y Mr. Aiuluhon in the a]>pendix to his seventh volume, i>n the 

 ^.trenJ;th of a specimen shot in Charleston, S. t'., hy his son, John W. The 

 hird, when first seen, was })erehed on the jioint of the lightninu-rod of JJr. 

 liachman's house. A lew days after otheis were seen, one ot which was 

 shot, though it fell into the river and was lo.st. Mr. Auduhon was after- 

 wards informed that small groups of four or five suhsequently made their 

 api)earance in the same city and amon«^ the islands. If his information was 

 correct, it precliules the supposition that those which have l)een procured 

 are caged birds. Vet the Trou})ial is so common and so })opular a bird in 

 the cage, that its accidental occurrence is p.ossible in many localities it never 

 visits of its own accord. 



This bird is common in all the northern countries of South America, 

 Venezuela, (luiana, Itio Xegro, Northern P>razil, etc. Its occurrence in Ja- 

 maica and the West Indies may be only accidental. It is said Ity Daiidin 

 to be a common species in South America, where it as.sociates in large flijcks, 

 and constructs a large and pensile nest. In confirement it becomes very 

 easily tamed, is reconciled to a life of imprisonment, and is very fond 

 of th(»se who feed and care for it. It has a loud, clear, and ringing 

 whistle, and a great variety of call-notes and single or brief utterances, but 

 rarely indulges in a continuous song. One kept in confinement seyeral years 

 answereil readily to the name of Tmopi/, and always promptly responded, 

 when thus addressed by his mistress, in notes of unmistakable and affec- 

 tionate recogniti(»n. He was very fond of his liberty, and used his sharp 

 bill with such effect tliat it was diflicult to keep him in his cage. When at 

 large he never attempted to escape, but returned upon being called. He, 

 however, accpiired such a mortal antipathy to children, attacked them so 

 fiercely wlien at large, and his shar}» bill was so dangerous a weapon, that it 

 was fou'id very necessary to keej) him a close prisoner. 



The eggs of this s])ecies measure 1.02 inches ii: length by .88 of an inch 

 in breadtli : they aie a rounded, obtuse oval in shape. Their ground-color 

 is a reddish-drab, and thev are very generally blotched with markings of a 

 deep clarct-brown and faint purple, the markings being deeper and larger at 

 one end. 



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