526 ALLEN'S NATURALIST'S LIBRARY. 



Habits. — According to Temminck this bird is by no means 

 rare in Paraguay, where it is known under the name of 

 "Yacuhu." It is most commonly met with in the forest 

 regions in the neighbourhood of rivers and lakes. Its cry con- 

 sists of the syllable j^rt^, repeated several times and given forth 

 in a high key, and it occasionally calls ^^yacu,'' from whence it 

 derives its name. 



In Lower Uruguay, Mr. W. B. Barrows found this species, 

 the "Pavo del Monte," limited to tlie borders and islands of 

 the river, where in heavy growth of timber it was not uncom- 

 mon, though rarely seen. It has a very harsh, cackling cry. 

 The flesh is much esteemed, and the bird is easily domesti- 

 cated. 



Nest. — Said to be a bulky structure placed in trees. 



-Said to be eight in number ; white, and laid in the 



month of October. 



IX. THE CRESTED PENELOPE. PENELOPE CRISTATA. 



Meleagris cristata^ Linn. S. N. i. p. 269 (1766). 



Penelope cristata, Gmel. S. N. i. pt. ii. p. 733 (1788); Ogilvie- 



Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 498 (1893). 

 Salpiza cristata, Wagler, Isis, 1832, p. 1226. 

 Penelope brasih'ensis, Bonap. C. R. xlii. p. 877 (1856). 



Adult Male and Female. — General colour above olive, glossed 

 with coppery-green ; top of the head and crest uniform dark 

 brown ; white margins to the feathers of the mantle almost, if 

 not entirely, absent ; lower back and rump dull chestnut, with 

 a slight greenish gloss ; breast dull olive, each feather margined 

 with white on the sides ; belly chestnut. 



Male: Total length, 35 inches; wing, 14-5; tail, 14-5; 

 tarsus, 37 ; middle toe and claw, 3-4. 



Female: Rather smaller ; wing, 13-5 inches. 



Range.— Central America ; Southern Nicaragua, Costa Rica, 



