. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. ini I> ITil'IT enow. ''jll,intorri>hn')u rn!:')"i. ' ^ Ml: W. oarne'l for it the popular titles wliieli it is known. In allusion to tlie monk-like asjiect of the head, the Creoles of (.'ayenne eall it " Oiseau nion ; This species is larger tliaii the , Lcin-- (pute e([iial to the Enjrlish Crow in size andbemg altoocther of u lliicker and larger make. It is very eoninion in Guinea Ihe head of the r>ald I-ruit Crow is very large and heavily made, and th
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. ini I> ITil'IT enow. ''jll,intorri>hn')u rn!:')"i. ' ^ Ml: W. oarne'l for it the popular titles wliieli it is known. In allusion to tlie monk-like asjiect of the head, the Creoles of (.'ayenne eall it " Oiseau nion ; This species is larger tliaii the , Lcin-- (pute e([iial to the Enjrlish Crow in size andbemg altoocther of u lliicker and larger make. It is very eoninion in Guinea Ihe head of the r>ald I-ruit Crow is very large and heavily made, and the whole front of the lurd is totally haiv, like that of the h-atherhead, already desnlbed and iigured iMaiiy naturalists Ihiiik that while the Hald Fruit Crow is stiilyouiig, its head is clothed with eathers, together with the of the hodv, and that, li'kc the rook of Euroiu' it loses the leathers when it attains iiiattirilv. There has hccn eonsidcrahle areuuuiit'on the subject, but it seems b. have been tiderably well settled that tlu; youn-r bird is leathered and the old bird bine. This bird, b)gether with the other Fruit Crows, makes the greater part of its moals on berries, Iruits, and other vi\uetalile sulistanees; but will olteii varv its diet by an admixture .if iiiseets, snails, and many similar creatures. It is .sehhim .seen upon tli.' ground, hiidiug Its food among the branches, and coidiiiiiig almost exclusively to their .shelter. le generic names (lymnoderus and (ivmuoeephalus, which have krn ai.].roprKUely given to thes(' jiirds, are of (iivek ori-in,'and siuiiifv, the former " iiakcd- iieeked,"and the latter "; The general colour'of the Jiald-headed Fruit Crow IS dark brown, .somethiim- bl^e the diiiuy brown of a eapiiehin's cloak, thus <nviiii,' to the bird ihe jiopular tiiie of (•a)ui(jiiii. This eoloiir is, however, relieved by the darkw hue of the .iUill-feathers of the wings and tail, which are deep bl
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