2fi BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Xest. " The nest is placed on the ground and in bushes " 

 {ScJionihurc/k}. 



Eggs. " Two or three white eggs according to the natives " 

 (^SrhnmhurgTi) . 



Range in British Guiana. Iturihisi River, Supenaam River, 

 Kaniakabra River, Bartica, Bonasika River, Great Savannas 

 (McConnell collection^ ; Bartica, Kaniakusa, Mount Roraima, 

 Quonga River ( IT lately) ; Ponieroon River ( Tl^ L. Sclater); Up[ier 

 Berbice River [Qiielch); Arerau River [Beehe). 



Extralimital Bange. Ca)'enne, North Brazih 



Mr. J. J. Quelch (Timehri (2) iv. p. 326) mentions this bird as 

 being very numerous on the Upper Berbice River. 



Habits. Schomburgk remarks (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 246) that: — 

 The large number ot" trees bearing berry-fruit may account for 

 the })resence of this Penelope. A very shy species, in fact one 

 can only get within shot when it is feeding, and, as a rule, there 

 are always ten or twelve birds on each tree. Three or four birds 

 can be brought down in succession with a blow-pipe before the 

 rest can get away. When the first victim falls the others look 

 about as if trying to discover what has happened to it, meanwh le 

 others may be killed, and at last the remainder disperse very 

 quickly from branch to branch out of sight. The nest is placed 

 on the ground. As soon as the chicks begin to fly the parents 

 leati them to the bushes and from thence to the branches of trees. 

 Tlieir peculiar shrieking call is heard only in the morning. 



Schomburgk also states (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 745) that this 

 species is distributed all over British Guiana. He found it as 

 connnon in the woods near the coast as in inland woods even near 

 Roraima. It is generally met with in pairs, but not uncommonly 

 in small flocks on tall trees. It is shy like the other members of 

 this genus. It is easily tamed and often found in a domesticatetl 

 state. The nest is jdaced on the ground and in bushes ; two or 

 three white eggs, according to the natives. The " Macusis '^ call 

 it Marasih and the " Wurraus'^ Marurih. 



15. Penelope jacucaca. 



AVUITE-FRONTED GuAN. 



Penelope jacucaca Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p. o3, ])1. Ixix., 1S25 ("prope 

 Po^oens eiK^ima in sylvis Baliiae"); Salviii, ll)is, 18S6, p. 175; 

 Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 501. 1893; Brabom-ne & 

 Chubb, B. vS. Amcr. i. p. 11. no. lUl, 1012. 



Saljpizn Jacucaca Cab. in Schomb. Reis. Guiuu. iii. p. 745. 1818. 



