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The bodies of those that I have prepared have not given off the 

 rank, disagreeable odor found in anis and some related species. One 

 that lay on the skinning table from mid-forenoon to 6 o'clock in the 

 evening in a temperature of 90°F. did not decompose in the least. 



Information on the breeding of these large cuckoos is scant at 

 present. Though it has been supposed that they might be parasitic, 

 Sick (Orn. Biol. Wiss., 1949, pp. 235-236) has recorded a pair 

 accompanied by a young bird, evidently under their care. He cites also 

 an observation by Dra. Emilia Snethlage that this cuckoo is suspected 

 of having a nest. In a later publication (Arq. Mus. Nac. Rio de 

 Janeiro, vol. 52, 1962, p. 190) Sick states that a pair observed caring 

 for a young bird indicates normal breeding. 



An egg, fully formed, taken from the oviduct of a specimen collected 

 by M. A. Carriker, Jr., at Villa Artiaga, Antioquia, Colombia, April 

 25, 1950, is between elliptical and long elliptical in form, white in 

 color, and has a slightly roughened shell. It measures 43x32 mm. 



In northern Costa Rica this forest species is known as gu'ia leon. 



