PALATABILITY OF SOME BRITISH INSECTS. 863 



Pucheran's Guinea Fowl (Gutiera pucherani). 

 Range. East Africa : Zanzibar to the Tana River and thence 

 westwards into the interior. 



N. American Wild Turkey [3feleagris americana). 



Range. Formerly widely distributed in the United States of 

 America. Not migratory. 



Food. Beechnuts, acorns, berries, green-shoots, etc. ; also grass- 

 hoppers, and other insects (Bendire). 



Honduras Turkey (Meleagris ocellata). 

 Range. Central America : Guatemala, Yucatan, Honduras. 

 Food. Pi'obably of a similar nature to that of M. americana. 



Long-tailed Parti'idge {Dendrortyx leucophrys). 

 Range. Highlands of GXiatemala and Costa Rica (Ogilvie- 

 Grant). 



Brush Turkey {Catheturus lathami). 

 Range. North-east and East Australia. 



Crested Curassow [C'rax alector). 

 Range. Northern part of South America : British Guiana, 

 Colombia, Rio Negro, etc. 



Globose Cui'assow [Crax glohicera). 

 Range. Central America : Western Mexico to Honduras and 

 Cozumel Island. 



Yarrell's Curassow (Crax carunculata). 

 Range. South-eastern Brazil from Rio Janeiro to Bahia. 



Red-tailed Guan [Ortalis ruficauda). 

 Range. Venezuela and the island of Tobago. 

 Most Game-birds, especially when young, eat insects as well as 

 grain, nuts, and green-food. 



Australian Bustard {Eupodotis australis). 

 Range. South and Western Australia. 

 Food. Seeds, vegetables, grasses, and insects (Goidd). 



Vigors's Bustard {Otis vigor sii). 

 . Range. S. Africa : Cape Colony, Natal, etc. 



Food. Seeds, insects, small reptiles [Stark 4' Sclater). 



Lud wig's Bustard {Otis ludtvigi). 



Range. S. Africa : Cape Coloii}^, Natal, Orange River Colony, 

 S. Transvaal ; partially migratory within this area. 



Food. Mostly beetles, caterpillars, and other insects {Stark ds 

 Sclater). 



The food of Bustai-ds is probably much the same everywhere. 

 The diet is essentially mixed, and consists of grain, green- shoots and 

 leaves insects, small mammals (mice) and reptiles. 



