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.1/v Liftic (.ilia us. 
" is liarsh and sonorous and never [jroduced alone, but after each part the 
" female, with a finer, sin-iller voice, repeats it in such rapid succession 
" that it seems like one liird dninfi' the whole. The usual time for singing 
" is in the nmrnin^L; an l eveiiiii;,;." 
Writiii!^- of tlu' White-fronted ( Inati iO. i^iittata). Mr. 1. 
Stolzman says : 
" One caimot call it a forest bird, for I have never met it in the 
" depths of the forest, and it keeps more to the outskirts, and is met with 
" along river banks and among tangled undergrovvths. It is generallv 
" found in small flocks of three or four ])airs, whieli. on sighting a human 
" being, utter a weird and hoarse cry, which they repeat several times with 
" outstretched necks and enquiring gestures. It is not naturally a shy 
" bird, and it is only in the more uninhabited parts it becomes wild." 
" Many times at Huambo, when we were busy working, these birds 
" would fly up and perch on the neighbouring trees, sometimes alighting 
" on the roof of the house and even on the ladder placed before the 
" windc)W. riie^e visits were es|)eciallv numerous in wet weather, when 
"numbers of these birds, in company with pigeons, availed themselves 
" of the dry ground under the verandah of the house. The country 
" people call the places that remain dry during the rains, sheltered by over- 
" hanging rocks and such like ' cal])ares,' and it is well known to hunters 
" that these spots are a sure hnd for birds, more especially Ortalids, 
" Penelopes and Pigeons. -\t Troncopola there was a deserted house 
" without walls, and supported l)y four pillars. Here, if approached 
" cautiously, we always, especially in the morning, found Ciuans or Pigeons 
'■ attracted by the dry ground and ashes. 'J'heir cry, which is uttered in 
" the morning and afternoon, may he heard at a considerable distance, 
" each i)air in turn uttering an inharmonious duet. When calling they 
" sit perched on the branches close to one another, and wl»ilst one, prob- 
ably the male, repeats the ' hou-dou-gou," his mate adds after the first 
" two syllables ' a-ra-cou,' which, together, makes up the word ' hou-dou-a- 
" ra-cou,' of whicii the middle a is the highest and most .-iccentuated note. 
" Throughout the greater part of its range in South America it is known 
" l)y this name. .Several females make one nest in common, for four to 
" twelve eggs are to be found in it, and I have only once seen a female 
" with two chicks. The eggs are white. The nests are placed on the 
" ground, and the natives declare that by removing most of the eggs and 
" leaving one or two, the Ortalids can be induced to go on laying, but I 
" think that this is extremely doubtful. It is said that the male will cross 
" with domestic poultry. It is certain that March and April are the 
" nesting season." 
I can find no particnlars of tlie wild life of O . siipcrciliaris. 
which is apparently a very rare bird, and of (K araucitan all I 
can learn is, that they come from the north-east of S. America, 
the province of Maranhao, and the vicinity of Para, from which 
Intter district mv birds were. I believe, obtained. Of the 
