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thick and hairy hind legs, an orange collar across the front 

 of the thorax and an equally broad band of yellow on the 

 abdomen {Centis americana). 



Among the most interesting birds which we found nesting 

 were Dusky Parrots."" About one hundred yards from the 

 clearing we observed two red-breasted Parrots fly from a 



Fig. 140. Young Dusky Parrots. 



hole about forty feet up in a tall dead kakeralli tree. We 

 watched the tree, morning and afternoon for several days, 

 often for an hour at a time, but neither saw nor heard anything 

 of the birds. Fearing that we had been deceived in thinking 

 they were nesting we had a black cut down the tree, but no 

 sooner had the dust settled from the debris of rotten wood 

 than a chorus of raucous cries arose, and four young Parrots, 

 nearly fledged, were gathered into a hat. 



