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noife like a drum, or diftant thunder, and may 
be heard half a mile off, 
“In this manner thefe birds amufe themfelves 
about nine in the morning, and four in the 
afterhoon. 
They feed chiefly on berries, and their Beth i 
very delicate cating. They breed once a year, 
ind lay twelve or fourteen eggs, in a neft made 
of leaves, cither at the root of a tree, or clofe by 
a tree that is fallen. The young, when they are 
but 2 few days old, hide theméelves fo artiully, 
among the leaves, that they cannot eafily be 
found. “They do not feparate until the follow 
ing fpring ; food is ants and fmall worms. 
‘Though this bisd hatches fo many young, and 
fits twice a year, yet they are prevented from ia- 
cscafing too falt by Hawks, and other birds of 
prey, which deftroy many of them. 
The female bird, in onder divert the sien. 
tion of thole who come near its neft, will dutter 
before them, Shcogh lent, ca sak aa 
them to a diftance. a 
Tee eed» Se bes 
pasts of North America.) 7 
The eighth fpecies, or aid Soon Ctaad, 
had feather'd legs. . 
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