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voice emitted from within its body, nearly as if one 

 pronounced tou, ton, ton, tou, tou, tou, with the 

 mouth shut, resting upon the last to?^ — a very long 

 time. It also much resembles the lengthened dole- 

 ful noise which the Dutch bakers make by blowing 

 a glass trumpet, to inform their customers when the 

 bread comes out of their ovens. This odd sort of 

 noise is probably owing to the extent of the bird's 

 lungs, and the capacity of their membranaceous cells. 



This bird is easily tamed, and becomes attached to 

 its benefactor, which it distinguishes with marks of 

 affection. Vosmaer having reared one, says — "When 

 he opened the cage in the morning, the kind animal 

 hopped round him, expanding his wings and trumpet- 

 ing, as if to wish him good morning : it showed equal 

 attention when he went out and returned : no sooner 

 did it perceive him at a distance, than it ran to meet 

 him ; and even when he happened to be in a boat, 

 and set his foot on shore, it welcomed him with the 

 same compliments, which it reserved for him alone, 

 and never bestowed upon others." 



GENUS CCCXX.— ANTHROPOIDES, Vieillot. 

 DEMOISELLE. 



Generic character : vide Steph. v. xi. p. 534. 



An. Stanleyanus. Zool. Journ. (Vigors.) v. ii. p. 234, 



An. cceruleo-griseus, vertice albido, tcenid postoculari fused; 



pteromatihus, remigiiim apkibus^ cauddque fusco-nigris . 

 Grey blue Demoiselle with the crown whitish, a brown dash 



behind the eyes ; the pteromae, and tips of the quills and tail, 



brown -black. 



