HORKED SCREAMER. 
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tail is black : the legs dusky. The sexes resemble 
each other. 
This is a rare species, and is found in Cayenne, 
Guiana, Brasil, and other parts of South America, 
residing in the marshes and wet savannas, chiefly in 
the neighbourhood of the sea. They are said by 
some authors to construct their nest of mud, in the 
shape of an oven, on the ground, but by others, to 
build it either amongst thickets at some distance from 
the ground, or amongst rushes : they lay two eggs 
the size of those of a goose : the young are brought 
up in the nest till able to provide for themselves : 
they are often eaten by the natives. They are never 
found alone, but always in pairs ; and their fidelity is 
said to be such, that when one dies the other never 
departs from the carcass, but dies with its companion ! 
Their voice is extremely loud and harsh, and resem- 
bles the words vyhoo, vyhoo^ according to Buffon. 
