These unmusical howlings are supposed by some naturalists to be merely the nocturnal serenades of lover mycetes addressed to their mistresses, seated high on the branches in some distant part of the forest; others regard them rather as noises which serve to intimidate their enemies, though not emitted in general for any sudden alarm.
— from The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by William Henry Giles Kingston
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