PAU.EOZAMIA. 



1'ALAMEDEA. 



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. ntlana klrton of rl*ollirri*m >. ; t. rnrtoml nkflrlun of PalaMrrlitm mhiiu , t, rntorcil outline of / WA.TMIIH mn 

 T l-ml**Hrt,*m *.mu. (CuTirr.) 



; rf, ifitored outline 



I'.U.-KOZA'IHA, genus of Fossil CycadeouB Plaut, from the 

 Oolitic Mid T i** Deposit* of Yorkshire, Uor-eUhire, and Oxfordxhire. 



PALAEOZOIC RTOCH, or S Kit IKS, U a term applied to the 

 Ix>rr Secondary Hocks of the earth. These rocks are uow generally 

 ilirided into two aerie* the NVw.-r I'alicozoic and Older 1'ulioozoic 

 Rook*. The Newer include the I'enuian, Carboniferous, and Devonian 

 Snirtni; the Older, tbe Upper Silurian, Lower Silurian, and Cam- 

 Mm. [OBouxn l!i MAINS.] 



I'Al.AMKIiKA. ((.'AliUMA.J 



PAI.AMK'DKA (Unn.), a genui of Bird* placed by Mr. Vigors 

 Mnong the OraHalorn, with iU congener* Parra, Ckauna, Ilallu*, and 

 /Wit*, in the family Rallidir. The rame author thinks that with 

 Pom may be allied Palaautlia (Linn.) and Chauna (111.) the Parra 

 rkararia of th ' S;tetnk N'atuno ' both of which Mem to approach 

 Parra in affinity, *Uhough the latter of them u so imperfectly known 

 that iU ntoation cannot be decided with certainty. ( I,iuu. Trans.,' 



*ol. UT.) 



It has the folio wing generic character*: Bill shorter than the head, 

 covered at the bone with small feathers, conico-convex, slightly vaulted, 

 iM^fcttl at the point ; fore*wd armed with a cylindrical horn, which i 

 nolsjtid; nontrils oral, ope& Wiogs spurred, thin) nml fourth quills 

 fuiHt Anterior toe* united at the base by a membrane; liallux 

 toachinf the (round :.t the end. 



This extraordinnry bird lives in the marshy or inundated placcR in 

 South America (Guiana and Brazil), which it makra- resound with its 

 wild and loud cry. IU food consists of grains aiid aquatic herbs, as 

 its muscular stomach would indicate, though there are not wanting 

 those who state that it hunt* rcptilec. It pairs, and lives faithfully 

 with its imto. 



I1ad at r*l*mt4>* (Kwalmwn). 



from Uu qxcimtn In the lltitUh Muwun. 



mta, the Kamichi, or Honied Screamer. It is larger than a 

 enoimoo goose ; graeoioh-brown above, except on the middle of the 

 iwrk. which is varirgated with bUck and white, and a large cinnamon- 

 oloond spot on the shoulders ; abdomen whitish. A long spear-ahaped 

 horn projecU from the forehead. Wing* long and pointed ; tail wide 

 adsq 



Tarsi slender and reticulsUd, as well as the toes, which 

 are long and almost entirely free ; claw of the hallux nearly straight 

 and very sharp ; two spur* implanted on the edge of the wine. 



It i* the Anl.ima of the Brazilian., and, according to Curler, the 

 C*renn ; but M. Leson thinks that it is 



Ilornrd Hcnamcr (Palamnlta cornula). 



Chauna, a closely nllieil genus, has the bill shorter than the head, 

 clothed with small plumex at the base, conico-convex, slightly vaulted, 

 curved at the point ; head unarmed ; lore naked. Wings spurred. 

 External toes united at the base by a membrane; hallux touching 

 the ground at the end ; posterior and intermediate claws nearly 

 straight. Toil graduated. 



('. C'kacaria has no horn; occiput ornamented with a circle of 



