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same curious sounds which it does in captivity. This superb 

 bird measures about four feet in length. Its plumage, banded 

 with black, gleams with a golden brown hue, shot with green, 

 violet, and blue. Its head is somewhat small, and a portion 

 of its neck is covered with a naked warty bluish skin, which 

 hangs in wattles from the base of the bill, forming a long 

 deshy protuberance, with hairs at the top. 



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WILD TUIIKKYS. 



The bird, in the States, is commonly known as Bubbling 



Jock, and is called " Oocoocoo " by the Indians. The 



female builds her nest in some dry, secluded spot, guarding' 



it carefully, and never approaching it by the same path twice 



in succession. When first her young are hatched, she leads 



them through the woods, but returns at night to her nest. 



After a time she takes them to a greater distance, and nestles 



them in some secluded spot on the ground. At this time 

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