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Tococo, and by the 

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A confused mixture 

 of Ash colour and 

 brown, with some dark 

 patches. 



Large quill feathers 

 black, all other parts 

 a bright scarlet. 



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A continual twitter. 



A hursh scream. 



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JN est composed otmoss. 

 wool, hair.and feathers, 

 mostly pendant, or else 

 placed in the forked 

 part of a branch of some 

 small tree, the en- 

 trance »t one side. Esps 

 transparent white, fine- 

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 in number from 12 to 20. 

 The species is a con- 

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Their nest is composed 

 of sticks and decaying 

 vegetables, placed on % 

 hillock in some shallow 

 pool, the birds sit on the 

 nest with their legs 

 hanging over its sides. 

 Eggs two, perfectly 

 wliite. Bligrates to the 

 \^ est in autumn, and, 

 returns East, early in 

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The Natives use the wing and tail fea- 

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 feathers, but at olher limes both the red 

 and black. The skins and feathers are 

 of considerable importance, as they are 

 among the principal objects of barter 

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vvoody ]>laces, princi- 

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 whose tiuiiks are 

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Insec*s, their eggii and 

 larva; ; flesh, young 

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 grain. 



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"finches and a half from 

 tip to tip of the wings 

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Five iitches anil a li.'uf, 

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The shores of the sea, 

 rivers, on the banks of 

 large lakes, aud salt 

 water inlets. 



Fish, aquatic insects, 

 reptiles, i^ vegetables 



About six pounds. 



From tip to tip of wings 

 10 feet 2 inches. 





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 from the tip of the bill 

 to the toes. 6 feet. 



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