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owls. I often observed th em 'in tlm 1 / f t“ “ ' " ‘f t “ » o f o ur
were fast asleep, iu d a rk shady localltms The * 11“ ° ! ° ? ““ " f t “ ®»’ “ '» « y
supposed th a t sometimes th e ir ! h i ld r e ! ¥ ; „ I t I J T r i I ‘Y® ¿ “ ‘.“ "S ’y »»»»® •»»“ ; !
soon as th ey a re discovered in th e ir re tre a t lots ¥ Y t 1' ■ H a k ym m for a meal. As
them, and amuse themselves w ith I b u s iu f t ’h™ I J I T Z h T ' ^ ^ T ' ^®'’ “ ®
a sh o rt sh riekmg outcry. I f n o t annoyed he / « ’« n I I H d c ym leaves the place with
appealed to me Uke soft and weep” g “S I f a chiH ^ tu n e w hich Sometimes
and I found often in th e ir s t o m X p f o c / o f sn^fts ?s ! upon b ig insects;
‘ So/h?!?’ ™°"®’ ft ‘f t “ i.»»oSrhood of s S i s l / r * ' i h e f Z : t e s i a l l ' I
live in t h T Z d s in tb - f t »T®® ospecia ly
‘ C h o c h o ri’ °°"®’ “ ‘f t “ ■g»»ourhood o f small stieam s.^ ..............
to the life-histOTy“o f a * S e Z H S t o T O to e c f o ta Z ® "“ ‘ft""* »»tails with regard
I t is g e n e r a l / / ! t / r i t h ^ f o “ th ! f o Z f ’n l to /O T »»mmon an d remarkably tame,
g rowin g over the w ater, and on the look-o’u t for Z r ‘™’' 7 " ' ' “ fe*’ » 'ttin g on a branch
g re a t p a rtia lity for snails. When i t has found Z ' t ' ri ®li ® ® ®®’ ^®’ »* o ''“ »»»
and re tu rn s ag a in to its restins- niace S ft »»»»»nds, seizes i t in its g re a t beak
seen strewed a b o u t u n d e r the pface w h e r l a f h“ d b Z “ ’"“ f t ‘'® “ “ i-sliells may be
season, when snails are v e r ! "pk n tiih l the . ® ®‘“ f tS ' “ “™ g ‘»» ™ n y
th a t f t IS scarcely able to fly i i ! th e afte r n nrt / ” *!, ®"*®»»® “ “ 7 “ the morning,
half-asleep w ith o u t th e lea st sign o f life T off .“ »,.*»»“ “ ay be seen s ittin g
specimens with a h o rse -h a ir n X f e s t e t d / t Z Z r “ ‘“ ® ®i“,‘® » “™ »“ S»®
f t makes a peculiar noise, c ry in g chek chel chek wlii ? ,'y»®" »aptured,
Ouphopten, Symplectes, Nectarinia, etc.) no soolier he’ar ft™ t l smaUer b ird s (Zosteropes,
bird, coming very close and persecu tin g i t all the / b ’ll ‘»»7. su rro u n d the unfortunate
seen as many as s ix ty b irds su rro u n d in v one IilnlfiTh ®®;'®™“ « ™“ i»rously. I have
tim e th e la tte r seems to be afraid of t h e Z d b f rd t b u / ' Z “ “ ?® *" ‘»®
X Z e M T ' “ ' “ f t “'"’ ‘f t ‘"“ ®® “ ® * - » t
I s ‘f t ®“ ‘" » “ this species o i Hakyon,
as m any small b irds as I wanted.” ® " conspicuous place I was soon able to procure
before th e c o m S 'e u c e t/S If t h t 'L i ! ! Z a ! f n '^ “™s®bteid“ ° “ ‘f t t°" ‘*!!®?®‘ September
C - i x r i A ? } " *: “ * ■ = " ¡ . - “ x r
- r t r t h -n d so ia ,, W 0 , / w , ”f v’A d X l b l t t Z i o '’ f t™ , r t -
b i r d l S r X i d S , “ / id'kld™"® T r t I i d l l r e X ™ ’ r i r t - f t tld ir
i t s — p a rts are more b lu eish ; in th e fo u rth month / h ? b ®‘‘"®.t “" » In'ighter, and the under
clear, and the brown on th e earn a n d Z k ’b ! i "»°''®-“ »''.t“ u»» blueish p a rts are nearly
r , ‘. ', f t ®®®l/"‘ ,‘f t y °™ g “S“ “ » the ad u lt p l u r a l i y a 'd u i i l v T to„‘f f t ., f f t ? c “ ° ‘,®" "
.W : uruwn on tn e ears and neck 1
will be seen th a t the y o u n g assume the ad n lt “ otes it
fo rty specimens d u rin g my s tay in the island o f ^ a ltogethe r about
o f thern^ differing ac cording to^ t h d r age
which signifies s tu p id ,” n a tiv e name is Dvo-dvo o f TAirvre .1; , ,
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