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become acqnamted. It frequenta tlie lower parts of the 

 forest, and is seen singly, or at most two or three together. 

 It flies slowly and noiselessly, and may be killed by a 



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coraparati^ely slight wound. It eats rario\aa fruits and 

 seeds, but seems more particularly attached to the kernel 

 of the kanary-nut, which gi-ows on a lofty forest tree 



