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sest.—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. 681, pl. lxi (1783). 
Penelope cujubt, Natterer MS.; Pelz, SB. Ak. Wien, xxxi. 
p-. 328 (1858) ; id. Om. Bras. p. 284 (1870). 
Pipile cujubi, Reichenb. Tauben, p. 153 (1862) ; Ogilvie- 
Grant, Cat: B. Brit. Mus: xxii. p: 5149 (1893). 
Adult Male and Female.—Like P. jacutinga, 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, margined with white. 
Male: Total length, 30 inches; wing, 13°5; tail, 311'5; 
tarsus, 2°55; middle toe and claw, 2°7 
female: Smaller; wing, 12°7 inches. 
Range.—North-eastern South America ; Lower Amazons and 
Para. : 
THE WATTLED GUANS. GENUS ABURRIA. 
Aburria, Reichenb. Nat. Syst. Vogel, p. xxvi. (1852). 
Dype, A. aeburre (Less:). 
Sexes szmz/ar 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 we/ve feathers. 
First three primary quills deeply excised at the extremity, the 
