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foht, they leap one againft the other; their mo- 
‘ions and the beating of their wings are violent. 
| Their common food is grain, but they are fond 
of fifh, of meat, and of bread. 
re The Agami, when tamed, is very grateful and 
and fond; he knows his matter or benefactor, that 
_ js, the perfon that is kind to him. 
Mr. Vofmaer, the gentleman who gives this 
| account, fays, that he has found this himfelf: he 
ie brought up one very young ; in the morning, 
when he opened the cage, this affectionate bird 
fprang towards him, with its wings expanded, 
that is, fpread, making that ftrange kind of noife, 
poth from its bill, and, as it were, from within, 
‘as if that were its manner of bidding him good 
a ‘morrow. He received his mafter in the fame af- 
‘feGionate manner when he returned home, after 
being abfent. When he faw his mafter at a dif- 
‘tance, he immediately ran to him, although he 
was in a boat ; and the moment the gentleman 
~ landed, the Agami behaved juft in the fame man- 
per; but it was only to this gentleman, and not 
to any body elfe. : 
 ~ ‘Jnits natural ftate, the Agami inhabits the large 










- forefts in the warmer climates of America. He 
_ dees not approach expofed and open fituations, 
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