128 WANDERINGS IN 



SECOND underwood, and very rarely is seen in the lofty 



JOURNEY. / 



trees, except the bastard siloabah-tree, the fruit 

 of which is grateful to him. He makes no nest, 

 but rears his young in a hole in the sand, generally 

 on the side of a hill. 



While in quest of the houtou, you will now and 



The Jay of then fall in with the jay of Guiana, called by the 

 Indians Ibibirou. Its forehead is black, the rest 

 of the head white ; the throat and breast like the 

 English magpie : about an inch of the extremity 

 of the tail is white, the other part of it, together 

 with the back and wings, a grayish changing 

 purple ; the belly is white : there are generally 

 six or eight of them in company ; they are shy and 

 garrulous, and tarry a very short time in one 

 place : they are never seen in the cultivated 

 parts. 



Through the whole extent of the forest, chiefly 

 from sunrise till nine o'clock in the morning, you 

 hear a sound of " wow, wow, wow, wow." This 



The BOC- is the bird called Boclora by the Indians. It is 



lora. . 



smaller than the common pigeon, and seems, in 

 some measure, to partake of its nature ; its head 

 and breast are blue ; the back and rump some- 

 what resemble the colour on the peacock's neck ; 

 its belly is a bright yellow ; the legs are so very 

 short that it always appears as if sitting on the 

 branch ; it is as ill adapted for walking as the 

 swallow ; its neck, for above an inch all round, 

 is quite bare of feathers ; but this deficiency is 



