THE AVIARY.H 



Chick of Curassorv. 



CHAPTER I. 



THE CRACIDjE-CURASSOWS. 



Want of precise information. Expected results from the Zoological Society. 

 Its great advantages. Disappointments. Causes thereof. Erroneous Assump- 

 tions. The limited power of Man. Domesticability of Cracidae. Former 

 attempts. Natural disposition of the bird. Imported long ago. Ill success 

 at the Zoological Gardens. The Cracidse at Knowsley. Arboreal habits. Of 

 tender constitution. Curassows at home. Tame, not domesticated. Not 

 common in S. America. M. Ameshoff's/es^m d' Heliogabale. Eggs. 



" THE Correso is a larger Fowl than the Quam ; the 

 Cock is black, the Hen is of a dark brown. The Cock 

 has a Crown of black Feathers on his head, and appears 



