﻿682 TURKEY 



„ „ .„_ This is found at Cayenne, but is a rare bird, being met with 



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Manners. only in the inner parts, or about the Amazons country •, though 

 in much greater plenty up the river Oyapoc, efpecially towards 

 Camoupi: and indeed thofe which are feen at Cayenne are moflly 

 tame ones ; for it is a familiar bird, and will breed in that ftate, 

 and mix with other poultry. It makes the neft on the ground, 

 and hatches the young there, but is at other times moftly ken 

 on trees. It frequently erects the creft, when pleafed, or taken 

 notice of, and likewife fpreads the tail upright, like a fan, in the 

 manner of the Turkey. It has two kinds of cry; one like that 

 of a young Turkey, the other lower, and more plaintive : the 

 firft of thefe is thought by the Indians to exprefs the word Couyo- 

 voit, the other Yami. 



y. Le Marail, Buf. oif. ii. p. 390. 



MAR AIL T. Faifan verdatre de Cayenne, PI. enl. 338. 



Le Maraye, Mem. Jur Cay. vol. i. p. 383. pi. 3. 4.— Defer, de Suns, vol. H. 

 p. 149. 



Description OIZE of a Fowl, and not unlike it in fhape. The bill and 

 irides blackifh : round the eye bare, and of a pale red : chin, 

 throat, and fore part of the neck, fcarcely covered with feathers; 

 but the throat itfelf is bare, and the membrane elongated to 

 half an inch or more : both this, and the fkin round the eyes, 

 change colour, and become deeper and thicker when the bird is 

 irritated : head feathers longifh, fo as to appear like a creft when 

 raifed up, which the bird often does when agitated ; at which 

 time it alfo erects thofe of the whole head, and fo disfigures itfelf 

 as to be fcarce known : the general colour of the plumage is a 

 greenifh black , the fore part of the neck tipped with white : the 



wings 



