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WANDERINGS IN 
SECOND 
JOURNEY. 
Second 
species of 
Tioupiale. 
Third 
species of 
Troupiale. 
Fourth 
species of 
Troupiale. 
is the bird which the Portuguese call the nightingale 
of Guiana; its predominant colours are rich orange, 
and shining black, arrayed to great advantage; his 
delicate and well-shaped frame seems unable to 
bear captivity. The Indians sometimes bring down 
troupiales to Stabroek, but in a few months they 
languish and die in a cage. They soon become 
very familiar; and if you allow them the liberty of 
the house, they live longer than in a cage, and 
appear in better spirits; but, when you least expect 
it, they drop down and die in epilepsy. 
Smaller in size, and of colour not so rich, and 
somewhat differently arranged, another species of 
troupiale sings melodiously in Demerara. The 
woodcutter is particularly favoured by him ; for 
while the hen is sitting on her nest, built in the 
roof of the woodcutter’s house, he sings for hours 
together close by : he prefers the forests to the 
cultivated parts. 
You would not grudge to stop for a few minutes, 
as you are walking in the plantations, to observe 
a third species of troupiale : his wings, tail, and 
throat are black, all the rest of the body is a 
bright yellow. There is something very sweet and 
plaintive in his song, though much shorter than 
that of the troupiale in the interior. 
A fourth species goes in flocks from place to 
place in the cultivated parts at the time the Indian 
corn is ripe; he is all black, except the head and 
throat, which are yellow; his attempt at song is 
not worth attending to. 
