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Pucheran's Guinea Fowl (Gutter a pitcher ani). 

 Range. East Africa : Zanzibar to the Tana River and thence 

 westwards into the interior. 



N. American Wild Turkey (Meleagris americana). 



Range. Formerly widely distributed in the United States of 

 America. Not migratory. 



Food. Beechnuts, acorns, berries, green-shoots, etc. ; also grass- 

 hoppers, and other insects (Bendire). 



Honduras Tm key (Meleagris ocellata). 

 Range. Central America: Guatemala, Yucatan, Honduras. 

 Food. Probably of a similar nature to that of J/, americana. 



Long-tailed Partridge (Dendrortyx leucophrys). 

 Range. Highlands of Guatemala and Costa Rica (Ogilvie- 

 Grant). 



Brush Turkey (Catheturus lathami). 



Range. North-east and East Australia. 



Crested Curassow (Crax alector). 

 Range. Northern part of South America : British Cuiana, 

 Colombia, Rio Negro, etc. 



Globose Curassow (Crax globicera). 

 Range. Central America : Western Mexico to Honduras and 

 Cozumel Island. 



Yarrell's Curassow (Crax carunculatcb). 



Range. South-eastern Brazil from Rio Janeiro to Bahia. 



Red-tailed Guan (Ortalis ruficauda). 

 Range. Venezuela and the island of Tobago. 

 Most Game-birds, especially when young, eat insects as well as 

 ••rain, nuts, and green-food. 



Australian Bustard (Eupodotis australis). 



Range. South and Western Australia. 



Food. Seeds, vegetables, grasses, and insects (Could). 



Vigors's Bustard (Otis vigorsii). 



Range. S. Africa: Cape Colony, Natal, etc. 



Food. Seeds, insects, small reptiles (Stark 4' Sclater). 



Ludwig's Bustard (Otis ludioigi). 

 Range. S. Africa: Cape Colony, Natal, Orange River Colony. 

 S. Transvaal; partially migratory within this area. 



Food. Mostly beetles, caterpillars, and other insects (Stark <L- 

 Sclater). 



The food of Bustards is probably much the same everywhere. 

 The diet is essentially mixed, and consists of grain, green-shoots and 

 leaves insects, small mammals (mice) and reptiles. 



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