SCREAMER. 



part near the fea. Thefe fbould feem to be the birds mentioned 

 by JJlloa*, which are called by the inhabitants of Quito, Difper- 

 tadores, or Awakeners, from their giving notice to others of the 

 approach of danger ; as on hearing the lead noife, or feeing any 

 one, though at a great diftance, they rife from the ground, and 

 make a loud chattering, like a Magpie, continuing the noife, and 

 hovering over the object which caufed the alarm, whereby the 

 reft of the birds, taking the hint, are able in time to efcape the 

 impending danger. This fcreaming noife, which fome authors 

 relate as being exceedingly loud and terrible -f, has occafioned 

 Mr. Pennant to give the genus the name annexed to it. 



In the Hv.nterian Mufeum is a fine fpecimen of this bird, brought 

 from Cayenne. 



2. Palamedea criflata, Lin. Syfi.\. p. 232. 2. 



CRESTED SCR. Le Cariama, Brif. Orn. p. 516. i.—Buf. Oif. v\\. p. 325.— iJ«zV Syti, 



p. 96. 6. — Will. Oni. p. 276. pi. 51. 



Description. O I Z E of an Heron. The bill fhort, bent like that of a bird of 

 prey, and of a yellowifh brown : irides gold-colour : on the 

 forehead, juft above the bill, is a tuft of black feathers, variegated 

 with afh-colour : the head, neck, and body, are grey, mixed with 

 rufous and brown, moft inclining to the laft on the wings and 

 tail : the wings are not furnifhed with fpurs : the legs pretty long, 



• Voy. vol. ii. p. 243. — Ulloa makes their fize no bigger than that of a Cock. 

 He fays, that the head is adorned with a tuft of feathers. Perhaps he may mean 

 the next fpecies. 



t Terribili voce clamitans. Linn tens. 



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