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19 inches ; wing, 7 ; tail, 8-5 ; tarsus, ri ; middle toe and claw 



2*J. 



I have not examined any examples of this species in which 

 ihe sex has been satisfactorily ascertained. 



Range. — Eastern South America ; Provinces of Pernambuco, 

 Bahia, and INIinas Geraes, Eastern Brazil. 



Habits. — Concerning this bird Prince ^Maximilian of Neuwied 

 writes: — "I have not found the Aracuary farther south than 

 the Rio Doce, but from thence northward it is often met with 

 on the Mucuri, Alcobacu, in the Serlong of Bahia, Minas 

 Geraes, and in the swamps and carascos of the Campo Geral. It 

 seems to frequent the secluded interior parts of the forest less 

 than the undergrowth of the woodlands, the catingas, carascos, 

 and the tliick tang'ed bushes of the sea coast, where the vege- 

 tation is so thickly interwoven that it is scarcely possible to 

 penetrate it. The birds live here, except in the pairing-season, 

 in small flocks, and one frequently hears the loud peculiar cry 

 of the cock, which consists of several separate broken notes. 

 I often found these birds in pairs among the above-mentioned 

 bushes on the sand. When dislodged by my dogs their harsh 

 cry, with other notes, was immediately heard. I also found 

 them on the shores of the River Ilheos at the commencement 

 of the undergowth. In the month of January I found young 

 birds of this species already quite strong. The Aracuary is 

 excellent eating, and the breast is well-covered with fiesh. Its 

 general habits and mode of life are very similar to those of the 

 other species of the group." 



Nest. — Built of twigs and placed in a low tree. 



Eggs. — Two or three in number, long ovals, white; surface of 

 shell grained. T^leasurements, 23 by 1-5 inches. 



Vin. THE SCALY GUAN. ORTALIS SQUAMATA. 



Ortalida squamata. Lesson, Diet. Sci. Nat. lix. p. 195 (1829). 

 Ortalis squamata, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 509 

 (1893). 



