BUFF DACELO.— Zkzce/o cervma. 
The Buef Dacelo inhabits the thickly wooded portions of the northern and 
north-western districts of Australia, where it may be seen and heard sitting on the 
topmost branches of the loftiest trees, taking observations of the surrounding 
country, and yelling in a most unmusical manner. When three or four pairs of 
these birds get together upon a single tree, they become quite excited by mutual 
noise, and make such a horrid uproar that nothing can be heard except their 
deafening outcries. 
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