﻿72a PHEASANT. 



_ Le Parraka, Buf. oif. ii. p. 394. 



PARRAKA PH. Le Parraqua, Mem. fur Cayenne, vol. i. p. 378. pi. 1. 2. 



Hannaquaw, Bancr. Guian. p. 176. ? 



Description. Q I Z E of a fmall Fowl, and refembles it in bill, legs, and 

 body: length twenty-three inches. Bill dark rufous: eyes 

 brown : the general colour of the plumage deep brown on the 

 back, and fulvous under the belly : the top of the head is fulvous, 

 and the feathers fomewhat long, but not fo as to form a real 

 creft : the wings are fiiort : the webs of fome of the quills in- 

 cline to rufous : the tail confifts of twelve feathers, is even at the 

 end, about a foot in length, and is carried pendent for the moft 

 part : the legs of a dark rufous, inclining to black : claws like 

 thofe of a Fowl. 



It is peculiar in its internal ftruclure in refpect to the windpipe; 

 which, inftead of entering directly the breafl, as in moft birds, 

 pafles over the fide of the left clavicle, and on the outiide of the 

 flefhy part of the breaft, being covered only by the fkin, then 

 taking a turn upwards, pafles over the right clavicle into the 

 breaft, and is diftributed through the lungs in the ufual way- 

 The. female has not this circumvolution of the windpipe. 



The Hannequaw, mentioned by Bancroft, is probably the fame 



bird. He fays that it is black, roofts in trees, and may be heard 



early in the morning, diftinftly, but hoarfely, repeating the word 



Hannequaw * very loud. 



Blaoe and Thefe are found in the unfrequented woods of the internal 



Manners. ^ans of Cayenne, Guiana, and many parts of South America. At 



* Eafily miltaken for Parrequavj. 



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