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THE TAWNY-SHOULDERED POD ARGUS, 
This bird is one of the drowsiest of creatures, being less easily roused by day than any 
other slumberer of night. All the day long it sits sleeping upon a branch, its body crouched 
TAWNY-SHOULDERED PODARGUS. 
closely to the bough, its head buried amid the masses of soft feathers upon the neck and 
shoulders, and its whole form as motionless as if it were carved out of the branch on which it 
reposes. It is worthy of notice that the Podargi always sit across the branch on which they 
rest, whereas the generality of Goat-suckers recline longitudinally upon the bough. This 
