10 SCREAMER. 



Tins bird is not uncommon in Brazil, met with by Prince Maxi- 

 milian,* on the Rio Grande de Belmonte. It is shy, but soon betrays 

 itself by its loud call, somewhat like that of the Wild Pigeon, but 

 stronger, called in these parts Aniuma, or Anhuma, or Brazilian 

 Crane. 



2.-CHAJA SCREAMER. 



Le Chaja, Voy. d'Azara, iv. No. 341. 



THE total length of this bird is thirty-one inches. The bill 

 strong, and gallinaceous; base covered with short feathers; colour 

 dusky ; nostrils uncovered ; irides rufous brown ; round the eye bare, 

 and blood-colour ; at the middle of the hindhead some dishevelled 

 feathers, one inch and a half long, falling in a direction between 

 the bill and nostrils, forming a sort of fixed diadem : the head and 

 neck, for two inches, covered with soft, and cotton-like feathers, of 

 a light lead-colour ; below this are two collars, each nine lines 

 broad, the upper one bare of feathers, and reddish ; the lower soft, 

 black, and cottony; the rest of the neck, back, rump, and under 

 parts whitish lead-colour: the tail consists of fourteen feathers, much 

 rounded, the outer one being shorter by twelve lines, in colour 

 blackish; quills, greater wing coverts, and scapulars the same; 

 the other coverts mixed brown and blackish white, or lead-colour, 

 beneath white ; bare part of the legs rose-colour ; claws black ; legs 

 and shins covered with strong hexagonal scales; the middle and 

 outer toe united by a membrane to the first joint ; the bend of the 

 wing ends in a pointed spur, and on the outer edge are two others, 

 pointed, bony, very strong, and somewhat bent upwards. 



Inhabits Paraguay, and on both banks of the River Plata; 

 perches on the tops of high trees ; walks on the ground in a stately 

 manner. Said to make a large nest in a bush near the water, or 

 among the rushes, and to lay two eggs. It has a strong, sharp, and 



* Travels, V. i. p. 288. 



