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of six or seven Paroquets which had come from behind 
us and were just in the act of alighting. We instantly- 
stopped and began looking for them but it was certainly 
five minutes before we saw the first, although the 
foliage was by no means dense. After a little we made 
out another and then another until we finally could see 
five. They sat erect and nearly motionless but occasionally 
one would crane its neck out and turn its head side down 
for a good look at us. At length, apparently becoming 
satisfied that we intended them no harm, the pretty 
little birds began flitting and climbing about in the 
most lively and active manner. They had evidently come 
to this tree to feed on its fruit which Lichfold says 
is much sought after by various kinds of small birds. 
Late in the afternoon I walked down the road 
for a few hundred yards, finding a large army of Hunting 
Ants attended as usual by several Creepers ( Dendrorn is), 
one of which was uttering its monotonous Flicker-like 
call and 11 shout" at frequent intervals. A little later 
after the sun had set and twilight was falling, the 
snoring frogs began. Very near at hand their cry sounds 
like a deep, rolling croak; at the distance of fifty yards 
or so like a loud snore; at a hundred yards and beyond 
exceedingly like the slow breathing puff of a large engine — 
