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This is found at Cayenne, but is a rare bird, being met with
only in the inner parts, or about the Amazons.country; though
in much greater plenty up the river Oyapoc, efpecially towards
Camoupi: and indeed thofe which are feen at Cayenne are moftly
tame ones j for it is a familiar bird, and will breed in that ftate,
and mix with other poultry. It makes the neft on the ground,
and hatches the young there, but is at other times moftly feen
on trees. It frequently erefts the creft, when pleafed, or taken
notice of, and likewife fpreads the tail upright, like a fan, in the
manner of the Turkey. It has two kinds of cry; one like that
of a young Turkey, the other lower, and more plaintive: the
firft of thefe is thought by the Indians to exprefs the word Come-
vtiit, the other Tacou.
MARAIL T.
Le Marail, Bif. oif. ii. p. 390.
Faifan verdatre de Cayenne, P I. enl. 338.
Le Maraye, Mem. Jur Cay. vol. i. p. 383. pi. 3. 4.—Defer, de Sure», vol. U.
p , 149.
D e s c r i p t i o n » g I Z E of a Fowl, and not unlike it in lhape. The bill and
irides blackilh : round the eye bare, and of a pale red : chin,
throat, and fore part of the neck, fcarcely covered with feathers;
but the throat itfelf is bare, and the membrane elongated to
half an inch or more: both this, and the fkin round the eyes,
change colour, and become deeper and thicker when the bird is
irritated : head feathers longilh, fo as to appear like a creft when
rgifed up, which the bird often does when agitated; at which
time it alfo ere&s thofe ofthe whole head, and fo disfigures itfelf
as to be fcarce known : the general colour of the plumage is a
greenilh black j the fore part of the neck tipped with white : the
wings
wings are Ihort: the tail long j confifts of twelve feathers, which
are even at the end, and in common is pendent, but can be lifted
up, and fpread out like that of the 'Turkey : the legs and toes of
a bright red : claws crooked, and fomewhat lharp*.
This fpecies is common in the woods of Guiana, at a diftance
from the fea, though it is much lefs known than could be imagined
: found in fmall flocks, for the moft part, except in breedingtime,
when it is only feen by pairs, and then frequently on the
ground, or on low flirubs; at other times on high trees, where
it roofts of nights. The female makes her neft on fome low
bulhy tree, as near the trunk as poffible, and lays three or four
'eggs. When the young are hatched, they defcend with their
mother, after ten or twelve days. The mother acts as other
fowls, fcratching on the ground like a Hen, and brooding the
young, which quit their nurfe the moment they can Ihift for
themfelves. They have two broods in a yearj one in December
or January, the other in May or June.
The belt time of finding thefe birds is morning or evening,
being then met with on fuch trees whofe fruit they feed on, and
are difcovered by fome of it falling to the ground. The young
birds are eafily tamed, and feldom forfake the places where they
have been brought up; they need not be houfed, as they prefer
the roofting on tall trees to any other place. Their cry is not
* In a colle£tion from Cayenne w a s a bird, I believe, of this very Ipecies: it
was twenty-eight inches long: bill like that of a Fowl; brown, and rather
hooked : round the eye bare : bead crefted : feathers of the fore part of the
neck tipped with white : bread and belly rufous brown : the reft of the plumage
greenilh brown : tail eleven inches long, and rounded at the end : the quills
juft reach beyond the rump : legs brown : claws hooked.
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