The Hoatzin 



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brown down. These little people use the claws on their 

 wings as if they were hands, and when disturbed they 

 crawl out of the nest on " all fours," as Mr. Quelch tells 

 us, and not only try to escape by clinging on to every 

 little twig which offers itself, pulling themselves out of 

 danger by the use of bill, feet, and wings, but, if upset in the 

 water, they will swim and dive with great rapidity into the 

 thick bushy growth on the sides of the rivers, into which 

 they cannot be pursued. 



Nestling of Hoatzin. From a specimen obtained by Mr. J. J. Quelcb, exhibited 

 in tile Bird Gallery of the Natural History Museum. 



