CRESTED-GUAN YACOU — PIPING-CUR ASSOW. 339 



There, too, Yacous ( i8 ) domestic and Guans were 



seen ; 

 The last with brown back, and a body black-green. 



( l8 ) Order, Gallinje, (Lath.) Guan, Yacou, Piping-Cu- 

 rassow, Marail. 



The genus Penelope, (Lath.) to which the Guan, Penelope 

 cristata,and the Yacou, Penelope cumunensis, belong, consists of 

 eleven species, distinguished by a bill naked, at the base 

 covered with feathers ; legs spnrless. They are all inhabitants 

 of South America. The following are the chief: 



The Cristata, or Crested-Guan, has the head with an erect 

 crest; bill black; body black-green; back brown; neck, 

 breast, and belly, spotted with white ; legs red ; two feet and a 

 half long; they are often tamed, and make a noise not unlike 

 the sound of jacu, or rather, perhaps, yacou; flesh good; inhabits 

 Brazil and Guiana. 



The Cumanensis, or Yacou, is blackish ; crest and first quill 

 feathers white ; body beneath speckled with white ; tail long ; 

 legs red ; size of a hen turkey ; erects its crest and spreads its 

 tail ; builds on the ground and in low trees ; inhabits Cayenne 

 and Guiana; at the former place it is tamed, becomes familiar, 

 and will mix with other poultry. 



The Pipile, or Piping-Curassow, has the back brown, 

 spotted with black, the belly black ; wing-coverts and first 

 quill-feathers white ; legs red ; voice weak, piping ; inhabits 

 with the last. 



The Marilf or Marail, is greenish-black ; head crested ; in- 

 habits, in flocks, the woods of Guiana ; roosts in trees, upon 

 whose fruit it feeds ; emits a harsh disagreeable cry. 



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