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SECOND ij ve lonerer than in a cage, and appear in better 



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; spirits ; but, when you least expect it, they drop 



down and die in epilepsy, 

 second Smaller in size, and of colour not so rich, and 



species of ITI i t t> 



Troupiaie. somewhat differently arranged, another species of 

 troupiale sings melodiously in Demerara. The 

 woodcutter is particularly favoured by him ; for 

 while the hen is sitting on her nest, built in the 

 roof of the woodcutter's house, he sings for hours 

 together close by : he prefers the forests to the 

 cultivated parts. 



Third spe- You would not grudge to stop for a few minutes. 



ciesofTrou- . 



piaie. as you are walking in the plantations, to observe 

 a third species of troupiale : his wings, tail, and 

 throat are black, all the rest of the body is a 

 bright yellow. There is something very sweet 

 and plaintive in his song, though much shorter 

 than that of the troupiale in the interior. 



Fourth A fourth species goes in flocks from place to 



species of . . 



place in the cultivated parts at the time the Indian 

 corn is ripe ; he is all black, except the head and 

 throat, which are yellow ; his attempt at song is 

 not worth attending to. 



Wherever there is a wild fig-tree ripe, a nume- 

 rous species of birds, called Tangara, is sure to be 

 on it. There are eighteen beautiful species here. 

 Their plumage is very rich and diversified ; some 

 of them boast six separate colours ; others have 

 the blue, purple, green, and black so kindly blended 

 into each other, that it would be impossible to 



