CHAP, ii.] CHICK OF GUAN. 273 



the bad weather which had occurred in that part of Eng- 

 land. There is one great peculiarity about these young 

 Curassows they are perchers almost from the very first, 

 and appear very averse to go under their nurse ; even 

 when put under they quickly emerge, and generally try 

 to get on her back ; but a perch, even only a few inches 

 , from the ground, is their great object. They appear to 

 be (to coin a word) rather of dumetal, than arboreal 

 habits, affecting neither the ground nor yet the tree tops, 

 but something midway between the two. 



At Knowsley, during the season of 1850, there have 

 been hatched seven Curassows and two Guans. There 

 have been reared six of the former, five very good birds, 

 and one of the latter now almost full-grown as to wings. 



The vignette represents a chick of the Penelope super - 

 ciliaris hatched at Knowsley. 



