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proceeds from, and you will see him sitting in the second 
underwood, about a couple of yards from the ground, R -^ - 
his tail moving up and down every time he articulates 
“ houtou.” He lives on insects and the berries 
amongst the underwood, and very rarely is seen in 
the lofty trees, except the bastard siloabali-tree, the 
fruit of which is grateful to him. He makes no 
nest, but rears his young in a hole in the sand, 
generally on the side of a hill. 
While in quest of the houtou, you will now and 
then fall in with the jay of Guiana, called by the The Jay 
Indians Ibibirou. Its forehead is black, the rest of ana. 
the head white; the throat and breast like the English 
magpie : about an inch of the extremity of the 
tail is white, the other part of it, together with the 
back and wings, a grayish changing purple; the 
belly is white: there are generally six or eight of 
them in company; they are shy and garrulous, and 
tarry a very short time in one place; they are 
never seen in the cultivated parts. 
Through the whole extent of the forest, chiefly 
from sunrise till nine o’clock in the morning, you 
hear a sound of u wow, wow, wow, wow.” This 
is the bird called Boclora by the Indians. It is The 
smaller than the common pigeon, and seems, in 
some measure, to partake of its nature: its head 
and breast are blue; the back and rump somewhat 
resemble the colour on the peacock's neck; its 
belly is a bright yellow; the legs are so very short 
that it always appears as if sitting on the branch; 
it is as ill adapted for walking as the swallow; its 
