P A RRAKA PH.
Le Parraka, Buf. ai/, ii. p. 394..
Le Parraqua, Mem.fur Cayenne, vol. i. p. 378. pl. 1. 2.
Hannaquaw, Bancr. Guian. p. 176. ?
B ercrirtion. § I Z E o f a fmall Fowl, and refembles it in bill, legs, and
body : length twenty-three inches. Bill dark' rufous: eyes
brown : the general colour o f the plumage deep brown on the
back, and fulvous under the belly : the top o f the head is fulvous,
and the feathers fomewhat long, but not fo as to form a real
creft : the wings are ihort r the webs o f fome o f the quills incline
to rufous : the tail confifts o f twelve feather*, is even at the
end, about a foot in length, and is carried pendent for the moft
p art: the legs o f a dark rufous, inclining to black : claws like
thofe of a Fowl.
It is peculiar in its internal ftru&ure in refpefl to the windpipe;
which, inftead o f entering dire&ly the bread:, as in moll birds,
pafles over the fide o f the left clavicle, and on the outfide o f the
flelhy part o f the bread:, being covered only by the lkin, then
taking a turn upwards, pafles over the right clavicle into the
bread, and is didributed through the lungs in the ufual way.
T he female has not this circumvolution o f the windpipe.
T he Hannequaw, mentioned by Bancroft, is probably the fame
bird. H e fays that it is black, roods in trees, and may be heard
early in the morning, didin&ly, but hoarfely, repeating the word
Hannequaw * very loud.
Place and Thefe are found in the unfrequented woods o f the internal
Manners. parts o f Cayenne, Guiana, and many parts of South America. A t
Eafily miftaken hr Parrejuame.
fun-rife fets up a very loud cry, which is thought to be the loud-
ed of all birds in the new world; at which time the eyes appear
red, as does a fmall lkin under the bread, which is not at all feen,
except when the bird makes dich exertions, or is angry. This
cry is very like the word Parraqua; and is repeated many times
together; and often many cry at once, or anfwer one another,
but mod in breeding-time, which is twice in the year; at each
time laying from four to fix eggs; making the ned in low
branches, or dumps of trees, and behaving with their chickens
in the fame manner as hens. They feed on grain, feeds, and
herbs j but feed the young in the ned with worms and fmall infects.
Thefe, with many other birds, inhabit the woods by day,
coming out into the open favannas morning and evening to feed ;
at which times they are chiefly killed by the natives and near inhabitants.
They may be brought up tame; and their flelh is
much edeemed.
L ’Hoitlallotl, Buf. cif. ii. p. 393— Fern. H ijl. N. H i/ p . ci. lii. p. ■
n T H I S bird is imperfeflly defcribed by Fernandez; and is faid
to be eighteen inches long. The general colour of the plumage
white, inclined to fulvous; about the tail black, mixed
with fome fpots of white : the tail itfelf is long, and of a green
colour, refle&ing in fome lights like the feathers of a Peacock :
the wings are Ihort.
Inhabits the hotter parts of Mexico.
It flies flow y but is recorded to outrun thefwifteft horfe *.
* Hiß* des bi/.
COURIER PH.
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