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SPOTTED-BELLIED BARBET. 



brown : the legs black : the collar on the neck 

 has sometimes a mixture of white in it, and an 

 obscure whitish line over the eyes is likewise 

 occasionally observed. 



This bird is found at Cayenne and Brasil, and 

 called by the French Agaubue de Terre. It is a 

 clumsy, ill-made bird, its manners corresponding 

 to its shape, being a solitary, pensive, silent 

 animal, retiring to those places that are most re- 

 mote from any habitations ; being found chiefly 

 in woods, where it fixes upon some low branch 

 well covered with foliage ; on this it perches for 

 a long time together, with its immense head lean- 

 ing on its shoulders, and, as it is very little dis- 

 posed to action, may easily be killed, as it will 

 suffer itself to be shot at repeatedly without at- 

 tempting to escape. Its principal food is insects, 

 especially Beetles ; the flesh is not very good to 

 eat, although the natives occasionally use it for 

 food. 



