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Curassow appearing most excited after it had finished the 

 challenge call. It frequently ran to the hens and walked 

 about them, while the captive bird which I observed paid no 

 attention to the hens, but showed off to human visitors and 

 devoted himself to attacks upon their footwear. 



Xo part of the performance was ever omitted. Invariably 

 he turned his back on his rival or observer, invariably he 

 first walked and snorted, then champed and clapped his 



THIRD PHASE OF CURASSOW STRUTTING. 



FIG. 138. Back turned, Wings lowered, Air-sacs inllutH. uttering 

 the penetrating Challenge Call. 



wings, and finally sent out his challenge. As I have said, one 

 may closely imitate this call, and the birds, as I learned on 

 another occasion, will respond to repeated calls and come 

 within shooting distance. 



Taken altogether, the performance was a most delightful 

 insight into the lives of these little known birds, and the 

 complexity and intricate succession of the various maneuvres 

 was remarkable. As I have said, at one of the pebble champ- 

 ing periods I become so interested that I made a noise and the 



