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The ei>;i>' was ol' a wai'iii pinkish <4r()iiii(l t-olor. witli iiu- 

 iiRTous (hislics. spots and l)l()tc'lR's of ])nri)hsli red, hlac and 

 lake, the hirgest spots at the lar<^'e end, and only smaller 

 dots heyond the middle, although these reaehed s])arin<^ly 

 the small end. It measured 21. .3 x 17 mm., and weighed 

 three arams. 





The nestling was leaden l)rown. with eyes and wing 

 tracts hlaek; the hill hlaek with enormous, milk-white lateral 

 jowls, in width more than twice the length of the hill. 'I'he 

 femoral tract showed two rows of feathers, eight flights and 

 five coverts, extending at right angles to the femur. The 

 inside of the mouth was hright lemon vellow, with a milk- 

 white border. The nestling uttered a weak but penetrating 

 squeak. 



The region around the eve in the adult was bare, swol- 

 leu and pale bluish-white, becoming quite blue alxne the ear, 

 w^here it merged with the brown feathers. The mandibles 

 were black, paler at the tips; the legs and feet W'Cre pale 

 pinkish white. 



QUADRILLE-BIRD 



Leiicolcpia tniisica mufiica (Bodd.) 



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I had been crouching, well hidden, for over fifteen min- 

 utes watching the antics of a fiock of black-headed cacique 

 parrots {Pionifcs melanoccphala) , feeding noisily high up 

 in the top of a great jungle tree on the big sunflower-shaped 

 fruit that hung there, when, from a little beyond, there was 

 a great shaking of branches and a single red howler came 

 sw^inging along, first with a scramble out onto an overhang- 

 ing branch, then a junq) through mid-air, a hasty grasp at 

 rapidly passing twigs with hand or tail, another scramble, 

 a short run, and then one more jump. This rapid transit 

 soon brought him to the now silent parrot tree up which he 



