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NOISY PAIIRAKA. 



thighs and abdomen are yellow : the six middle 

 tail-feathers are deep green ; the three lateral 

 ones on each side are of a rusty red : the naked 

 skin round the eyes, which communicates with 

 the cere, is of a livid purple ; and when the bird is 

 agitated with rage or desire, it assumes a deep 

 red hue ; as do also the two naked stripes on the 

 sides of the throat : the beak is grey-blue at its 

 base, and white towards its tip : the irides are 

 reddish brown : the feet are livid red : both sexes 

 agree in plumage ; but the young differ consi- 

 derably : the red on the feathers of the head and 

 nape is less brilliant ; and they are fringed with 

 an ochrey yellow margin : the hinder part of the 

 neck, the back, and the wings, are of an olive- 

 brown ; but in the very young the feathers are 

 margined with reddish : the fore-part of the neck 

 and the breast are brown ; each feather being 

 bordered and tipped with grey-white : the under 

 coverts of the wings and the rump are red : the 

 tail is tipped with white ; the extremity of the 

 three lateral feathers on each side being rusty red 5. 

 the rest of them, as well as the three in the middle, 

 are black, with green reflections : the belly and 

 the abdomen are white : the thighs, the under 

 tail-coverts, and the sides, are reddish yellow : the 

 feet are bluish. 



Found in Brasil, Paraguay, Guiana, and many 

 other parts of South America : it associates in 

 flocks of from sixteen to twenty, perching upon 

 the dead branches of trees j utters its cry, which is 

 ^aid to be the loudest of all American birds, and 



