GALLING. CRACID,E. 



that in Brazil, Mr. Swainson was not so fortunate 

 as to meet with a single specimen, though he 

 occasionally heard of one being seen ; and he adds 



CRESTED CURASSOW. 



that in Guiana, it appears to have become rare, 

 for in a collection of many hundreds [of birds] 

 made in that country by Mr. Schomburgk, there 

 were not three species of the whole genus.* 



The nest of this bird is built on trees, of 

 branches interlaced with the stalks of herbaceous 

 plants, internally lined with leaves. It lays but 

 once a year, during the rainy season, when six or 

 eight eggs are deposited, as large as those of a 

 Turkey, but white like those of a Hen, and with 



* Anira. in Menageries, 179. 



