being the dead bough of a snag projecting out of a river. Such places would often be 

 far from any village ; and though these birds were sometimes observed by us near 

 habitations, they did not seem to be the attraction, but some river flowing hard by." 



Our descriptions are copied from the British-Museum ' Catalogue,' and the figure 

 in the Plate represents an adult bird in the collection of Messrs. Salvin and Godman. 



