KTEIUD/K- TIIK OHIOLES. -lor 



can altli..,,.), w,. ,l..nl,t very u.u.l. wladluT the, spi^cies was ever taken witl.in 

 niir luints, (!xc(_.pt as ('sca]KMl fioiii caiitivity, 



All allied rar,. (/. lonyiroslri.j iio.u Xew (livnada lias a luiin..,. a„d moiv 

 «l">uler iMll. and a ,,al,r, l.n.on-yelluw color. Tl.o I. aamnil,. of l!ra/il 

 lacks the lo„n, po.ntud, distinct leathers ol' the throat, and is of an intensely 

 neh oran-e-re.l color, with nuicli the same pattern as the present hird. 



lAiiiTs. The common Tronpial of Sor.th America and some of the West 

 >'<lia Islands is prn!,al,ly only an imported species, or an accidental visitant. 

 It IS j^.ven l.y Mr. Audul,on in the appendix to his .seventh volume, <.n the 

 |.tren.th ol a spc^muMi shot in Charleston, S. C, l.y his son, Jolin W The 

 'in , when hrst seen, was perched on the point of the li-htninn-rod of J)r 

 jaehman s house. A lew days aRer othe,. were seen, one of which was 

 ^I.ot thonnh ,t lell into the river and was lost. Mr. Au,lul.,n was after- 

 wards ,„iormed that sn.all groups of four or five sul,se,uently n.ade their 

 appea ance m he same city and among the islands. If his information was 

 correct, ,t precludes the supposition that those which have heen procured 

 iu-e caged lurds. Vet the Trou,,ial is so common and .so popular a l.ird in 

 the cage, that ,ts acculental occurrence is ppssil.Ie in many localities it never 

 visits ol Its own accord. 



This hinl is conimon in all the northern countries of South America, 

 Venezuela, .uiami, Kio Xegro, Xorthern I5ra.il, etc. Its occurrence in Ja- 

 maica and the A\e.st Indies may l-e only accidental. It is said l.y Daudin 

 to be a common species in South America, where it a.ssociates in lai'ge ilocks 

 an(. constructs a large and pensile nest. In confinement it becomes very' 

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

 ••' fl'-se ^^ ho leed and care for it. It has a loud, clear, and rimnii.. 

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

 rarely indulges >n a continuous song. One kept in c.nlineinent several years 

 answered readily to the name of rroop>,, and always promptly responded 

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

 tinnate recognition, lie was v.-ry Ibnd of his liberty, and used his sharp 

 bill with SU..I1 elfect that it was dillicult to keep him in his cage. When at 

 arge he never attempted to escape, lait returned upon being called He 

 however, ac.piired such a mortal antipathy to children, attacked them .so' 

 hercoly wlien at large, and his sharp bill was »o dangerous a weapon, that it 

 was .ound very iieccs.sary to keep him a ch.se prisoner. 

 _ The eggs of this .species measure 1.02 inches in length l)v .88 of an inch 

 in oreadth ; they are a rounde.l, obtuse oval in sliai.e. Tlieir ground-color 

 is a red.hsh .iral,, and they are very generally blotched with markings of a 

 deep claret-br.nvn and faint purple, the markings being deeper and larger at 

 one end. ° 



