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jsest. — A nest found in the month of February was placed in 

 a tree, and composed of twigs. As will be seen above, it 

 would appear that in some cases no nest is made. 



Eggs. — Two or three in number ; white, and as large as those 

 of a Turkey. 



III. THE AMAZONIAN PIPING GUAN. PIPILE CUJUBI. 



Yacon Turkey^ Latham, Gen. Syn. ii. pt. ii. p. 68 1, pi. Ixi (1783). 

 Penelope aijubi, Natterer MS. ; Pelz, SB. Ak. Wien, xxxi. 



p. 328 (1858) ; id. Orn. Bras. p. 284 (1870). 

 Pipile cujubi^ Reichenb. Tauben, p. 153 (1862) ; Ogilvie- 

 Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 519 (1893). 



Adult Male and Female. — Like P. jacuttnga, the general colour 

 of the upper-parts is brownish-black, glossed with purple, but 

 the feathers of the crest are dark brown, edged with white; 

 the chin and throat almost naked ; and the outer webs of the 

 secondary coverts dark brown, margijied with white. 



Male: Total length, 30 inches; wing, i3"5 ; tail, 11*5; 

 tarsus, 2'55 ; middle toe and claw, 2*7 



Pemale: Smaller; wing, 127 inches. 



Range. — North-ea Stern South America ; Lower Amazons and 

 Para. 



THE WATTLED GUANS. GENUS ABURRIA, 



Abtcrria, Reichenb. Nat. Syst. Vogel, p. xxvi. (1852). 



Type, A. aburri (Less.). 



Sexes similar to one another in plumage. 



The width of the upper mandible greater than the height. 

 Fore part of neck mostly feathered, with a long vermiform 

 wattle. Only a small naked space below the eye. Tail com- 

 posed of twelve feathers. 



First three prij/iary quills deeply excised at the extremity, the 



