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Second for ill the Wallaba forest. The thu'd is found throughout 



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the whole extent of these wilds : and the fourth, which 



is the largest, frequents the interior, where you begin to 

 perceive stones in the ground. 



The^Trou- When you have penetrated far into Macoushia you hear 

 the pretty songster, called Troupiale, pour forth a variety 

 of sweet and plaintive notes. This is the bird which the 

 Portuguese call the nightingale of Guiana ; its predomi- 

 nant colours are rich orange, and shining black, arrayed 

 to great advantage : his delicate and well-shaped frame 

 seems unable to bear captivity. The Indians sometimes 

 bring down Troupiales to Stabroek, but in a few months 

 they languish and die in a cage. They soon become very 

 familiar ; and if you allow them the liberty of the house, 

 they live longer than in a cage, and appear in better 

 spirits ; but, when you least expect it, they drop down 

 and die in epilepsy. 



Second spe- Smaller in size, and of colour not so rich, and some- 



cies of Trou- 

 piale. what differently arranged, another species of Troupiale 



sings melodiously in Demerara. The woodcutter is par- 

 ticularly favoured by him ; for while the hen is sitting on 

 her nest, built in the roof of the woodcutter's house, he 

 sings for hours together close by : he prefers the forests 

 to the cultivated parts. 

 Third spe- You woiild uot grudgc to stop for a fcAV minutes, as 



cies of Trou- 

 piale. you are walking in the plantations, to observe a third 



sf:ecies of Troupiale : his wings, tail, and throat are 



