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Bottle Tit. Ragged 

 Robbin. 



Tococo, and by the 

 European inhabitants 

 Flamingo. 



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A confused mixture 

 of Ash colour and 

 brown, with some dark 

 patches. 



Large quill feathers 

 black, all other parts 

 a bright scarlet. 



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Dark hazel. 



Dark hazel, soon after 

 death, becoming cover- 

 ed with a white film. 





A continual twitter. 



A harsh scream. 





IS'esT comjjosed of moss, 

 wool, hair,and feathers, 

 mostly pendant, or else 

 placed ill 'he forked 

 p;<rt of a branch of some 

 sm;|ll tree, the en- 

 trance at one side. Eggs 

 transparent white, fine- 

 ly sprinkled with red ; 

 !n number from 12 to 20. 



The ^iiecies is a con- 

 stant re^idfnt. 



Their nesl is composed 

 of sticks and decaying 

 vegetables, placed on a 

 hillock in some shallow 

 pool, the birds sit on the 

 nest with their legs 

 hanging over its sides. 

 Eg^s two, perfectly 

 white. Migrates to the 

 Vi est in autumn, and 

 returns East, early in 

 the spring. 



Tiie Natives use the wingai.d tailfea- 

 thers, as ornaments to their head dress- 

 es ; in thei r wars they only use the black 

 feathers, but at other limes both the red 

 and black. The skins and feathers are 

 of considerable importance, as they are 

 among the principal objects of barter 

 with several tribes of the Natives : the 

 flesh of the young birds is eaten, aa 

 also their eggs. 



V\ oody i)lnccs, princi- 

 pally large old trees ; 

 whose truuks are 

 mossy. 



Insects, their eggs and 

 larvie ; flesh, young 

 birds, carrion anil 

 gra>ii. 



3f drams. 



p inches and a half from 

 tip to tip of the wings 

 wlien expandetl. | 



The shores of the sea, 

 rivers, on the banks of 

 large lakes, and salt 

 water inlets. 



Fish, aquatic insects, 

 reptiles, & vegetables 



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About six pouuds. 



From tip to tip of wings 

 10 feet Q inches. 



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.Five inches and a Jiaif, 

 of which the tail alone 

 measurcil two inches 

 and a hilf. 



From the tip of the bill 

 to the tail, i ft. 5 in. 

 from the tip of the bill 

 to the toes. 6 feet. 



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