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THE TA WNY-SHOULDERED PODARGUS. 



This bird is one of the drowsiesi of creatures, being less easily roused by day than any 

 ,ther slnmberer of night. All the day long it sits sleeping upon a branch, its body crouched 



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TAWNY-SHOULDERED PODAKGtFS. 



closelv to the bough, its lwa<l buried amid the masses ol soi 



were carved out of Ili<- branch on which it 



ft feathers upon the neck and 



shoulders, and its whole form as motionless as if it 



reposes It is worthy of notice thai the Podargi always si. across the branch on which they 



rest, whereas the generality of Goat-suckers recline longitudinally upon the bough. This 



