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THE AFRICAN TOURACO. 
they set out every morning to seek their food, each on his own 
account. 
It is impossible not to admire these handsome birds, whether leap- 
ing from branch to branch, or filling the echoes with their sonorous 
cry. Nearly all their life they spend "under green leaves." Only 
now and then do they stoop to "dull earth;" and once they have 
seized a fallen fruit or berry, they are up and away again. Their 
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agility is remarkable, and their flight rapid. They describe an undu- 
lating line, but do not sink very low. With numerous swift strokes of 
the wings they soar to a considerable height, and then expand the full 
sweep of their pinions, flash their splendid colours in the sunshine, and 
descend with sufficient dash to rise again befoi*e they touch the ground. 
It is supposed that they build their nests in the hollow trunks of 
trees. 
