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iinder-parts pale buff, shading into chestnut on the sides and 

 belly ; tail-feathers widely tipped with pale buff. Total length, 

 23 inches; wing, i2-4-i2-6; tail, ii-4-i2-4; tarsus, r9-2-2 ; 

 middle toe and claw, 1-9. 



Kange South America; Surinam to the United States of 



Colombia, and southwards to Bolivia. 



HaMts. — Mr. J. J. Quelch says: — "The Hoatzin is known 

 in British Guiana by the various names of ' Anna,' ' Hanna,' 

 'Canje, or Stinking Pheasant,' and 'Govenor Battenberg's 

 Turkeys ' ; but in the districts where it is found, the name of 

 ' Hanna ' is the one most commonly used. . . . 



" In the early morning or in the late afternoon they will be 

 seen sitting in numbers on the plants, while towards the middle 

 of the day, as the fierce heat of the sun increases, they betake 

 themselves to shelter, either in the denser recesses of the 

 growths, or among the individual trees of denser foliage, or 

 among the tangled masses of creeping and climbing vines, 

 which frequently spread over considerable areas of their food- 

 plants along the very edge of the water. . . . Late in 

 the evening, after feeding, they will be seen settling themselves 

 down in suitable places for the night. 



*' The cry of the Hoatzins is easily heard when they are dis- 

 turbed, and it is one of which it is not easy to give an exact 

 idea. It recalls slightly the shrill screech of the Guinea-bird 

 {Niimida)^ but it is made up of disjointed utterances, like the 

 notes ' heigh ' or ' sheigh ' {ei as in sleigh), pronounced with a 

 peculiarly sharp and shrill nasal intonation, so as to be quite 

 a 'hiss.' While they are treading, the noise made is 

 considerable, the cry being more continuous and shriek- 

 like. . . . 



" The nesting-time of the birds certainly extends from 

 December to July, and I think it very likely that it is con- 

 tinuous throughout the year. . , 



" The nests, which are made solely of a slightly concave 



