. Cassell's book of birds . e tail three and a half inches. The plumage upon the nape, back, and wings is blueish PASSERINE BIRDS. 149 grey, shaded with yellowish brown; the bridles and a line over the eyes and throat are white, thelatter being divided from the chin by a black streak; the upper part of the breast is grey, and thelower portion of the body of a paler shade ; the wings and inner web of the wings are a rusty yellow,spotted with grey; the tail a dark slate colour, the beak brownish grey, and the feet a dusky black. These birds are found in considerable numbers in the southern parts
. Cassell's book of birds . e tail three and a half inches. The plumage upon the nape, back, and wings is blueish PASSERINE BIRDS. 149 grey, shaded with yellowish brown; the bridles and a line over the eyes and throat are white, thelatter being divided from the chin by a black streak; the upper part of the breast is grey, and thelower portion of the body of a paler shade ; the wings and inner web of the wings are a rusty yellow,spotted with grey; the tail a dark slate colour, the beak brownish grey, and the feet a dusky black. These birds are found in considerable numbers in the southern parts of Brazil, where theyfrequent the trees, avoiding deep forests, and at times do considerable damage in the gardens ; theyare usually seen in pairs or small parties, and are by no means afraid of man, in the vicinity of whosedwellings they are constantly to be met with. They fly slowly and with difficulty, rarely coming tothe ground, on which their movements are neither animated nor easy j their life is spent principally in. THE RARITA, OR RARA (Phytotoma Rara). the midst of the trees or bushes, from whence they fly forth to procure the seeds, buds, snails, orinsects that constitute their principal food, though they occasionally eat the strips of meat that havebeen laid to dry in the fields. The song of the Capi is extremely insignificant, and except during thebreeding season scarcely deserves to be called by that name. The nest is built about the month ofNovember; it is carelessly formed of moss, roots and twigs of various sizes, a high thick branchaffording the favourite locality for its construction. The eggs, two or three in number, are greenishblue, marked at the broad end with a variety of spots and lines. Little is known of the habits of thesebirds beyond what we are told by Azara, who kept one of them caged for some time in order toobserve its conduct; it would take almost any food that was given to it, but, strangely enough, atelike a quadruped, taking large pieces int
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