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the ground, it appears wonderful how it can rise into the 

 air with such a long and cumbersome train of feathers. 

 It does so however with great ease, by running quickly for 

 a short distance, and then rising obliquely ; and will fly 

 over trees of a considerable height. I also obtained here 

 a specimen of the rare green jungle-fowl (Gallus furcatus), 

 whose back and neck are beautifully scaled with bronzy 

 feathers, and whose smooth-edged oval comb is of a violet 

 purple colour, changing to green at the base. It is also 

 remarkable in possessing a single large wattle beneath its 

 throat, brightly coloured in three patches of red, yellow, and 

 blue. The common jungle-cock (Gallus bankiva) was also 

 obtained here. It is almost exactly like a common game- 

 cock, but the voice is different, being much shorter and 

 more abrupt; whence its native name is Bekeko. Six 

 different kinds of woodpeckers and four kingfishers were 

 found here, the fine hornbill, Buceros lunatus, more than 

 four feet long, and the pretty little lorikeet, Loriculus 

 pusillus, scarcely more than as many inches. 



One morning, as I was preparing and arranging my 

 specimens, I was told there was to be a trial; and presently 

 four or five men came in and squatted down on a mat 

 under the audience-shed in the court. The chief then 

 came in with his clerk, and sat down opposite them. Each 

 spoke in turn, telling his own tale, and then I found out 

 that those who first entered were the prisoner, accuser, 



