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GALLINÆ.—CRACIDÆ.
in Brazil, Mr. Swainson was not so fortunate as to meet with a single specimen, though he occasionally heard of one being seen; and he adds
CRESTED CURASSOW.
that in Guiana, it appears to have become rare, for in a collection of many hundreds [of birds] made in that country by Mr. Schomburgk, there were not three species of the whole genus.[1]
The nest of this bird is built on trees, of branches interlaced with the stalks of herbaceous plants, internally lined with leaves. It lays but once a year, during the rainy season, when six or eight eggs are deposited, as large as those of a Turkey, but white like those of a Hen, and with
- ↑ Anim. in Menageries, 179.
