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arc most ^ tklck covers, clumps, or bushes. They 
on the ton S1 jf c “Scovered in the morning about sun-rise, 
'vhich thev° , ^°“ n o live oaks, in the close thickets of 
Sfeatly vari ,^ re ,V !l ^ * n numbers. Their notes are 
those of the Yi ’ ai i ,u S0lll, d have much resemblance to 
both. Late . " ailf * ''} u \ blue jav, partaking a little of 
as they are W _ .day it is more difficult to find them, 
tops as aitl( moi , e sl ‘ e!| t, and not so much on the tree 
"■oven withT-- ,IIS * I0S ’ "'hi eh are too thickly inter- 
atid unless tl, llat . s au d saw-palmettos to he traversed ; 
seldom are *' S arc hilled on the spot, which they 
impossible to ll ? U 8 *' ruok "ith tine shot, it is next to 
species, ]ik 8 j? 01Tle a t them in such situations. This 
inferior in stre . i ll ' ves , is omnivorous, but, being 
stomachs of 0 ,i , no* attack large animals. The 
shells sa i U i ^ specimens contained small fragments of 
The bine ■ 4 hal ^igested seeds. % 
are hot SO !n ^ ,S ’ tho,i Sh also found in the same localities, 
their note i, s Umde'r* ’ they koep morc in tlle " r oods, and 
nearly to n'i ' ' |a ' ' s e ^ even and a half inches long, and 
Quarter 111 extent; the bill is one inch and a 
Jighter at tin’. 'f r<11 7 notched, and of a black colour, 
base are "mumbent Setaceous feathers of the 
the irfdes t™ V b,u «> mu£ e d wi th a few blackish bristles; 
On flift vj i 1<lZ ? ^ l ? wn > the and neck above, 
bright, no.'. ‘ 6 *J together with the wings and tail, are 
^hS:^! 12* a 'J d ‘he lino” over the eye, 
Somewhat miU , 1 -ff 8 u “ nd cheoks of “ duller blue, 
brown, somewhat I ' kla( ' k > ’he hack is yellowish 
"hl'er tail-coverts beire'- l !"u Wuc on th « rump, the 
a,, d tips of tbp mnil B Jl 'n ,lt azuro ; the inner vanes 
«'Os e P 0 S f ?L th t:&^ *“»* t'mir shafts, 
Parts 
os e of tho f n ;wCoTi L ' u . us . K y» rneir shafts, as well as 
imrfcs are of a H 11 ‘ \T’ Wack - All the lower 
the bellv 1 ‘ 1 ‘ yellowish gray, more intense on 
ttreaked ? l>aler °“ tha ‘broat, which is faintly 
pin, nil vv,th oniereous, owing to the base of the 
'darkish d | ) P. eari "o Irom underneath, its feathers having 
Pro u t , | y shafts > somo °f them without webs 
“ tlle ° Wks a "d sides of the neck, the blue colour 
