WHITE-CRESTED TOURACO . — Turacus Albocristatus. 
The White-Crested Touraco belongs to the little group of birds called 
Plan tain -eaters, from their mode of feeding. 
This bird is remarkable not only for its handsome plumage, but for its peculiar 
customs. It is suspicious and wary, and has a peculiar talent for concealing 
itself. Let a White-crested Touraco only take the alarm, and in a second of 
time it will be so well hidden that even a practised eye can scarcely obtain a clue 
to its whereabouts. 
It is generally to be found among the branches of trees, and if it should be 
alarmed, and fly from one tree to another, it will vanish from sight so rapidly 
that the only way to get a shot at it is by sending some one up the tree to beat 
each bough in succession. 
Some of these birds are extremely inquisitive, and, in spite of their native 
caution, will follow a traveller for miles. 
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