All Rights Rcscrz'cd. April, 1921. 
BIRD NOTES: 
THE 
JOURNAL OF THE FOREIGN BIRD CLUB 
My Little Guans. 
Bv VV. Shore Baily. 
In September of last year 1 i^ot from Rogers, of Liver- 
pool, three Little (kians. Mr. Rogers was not certain of the 
species, and up to the present I have not been able to make out 
exactly what they are. 
These pretty little game birds somewhat resemble Game 
Bantams, but have pheasant-like tails and rather long necks. 
They are about a foot and a half in length, of which nearly one 
half would be tail. (ieneral Imdy-colour above reddish-brown; 
below greyish-brown, slightly dappled on the throat and upper 
breast, which gives these ])arts a rather scaly appearance; a 
narrow buff eyebrow-streak reaches from the beak to the back 
of the eye; tail-feathers above dark reddish-brown, the four 
outside pairs chestnut, under-side light bay. Thighs, flanks, 
and under wings light reddish-brown. Bill, and bare spaces 
around the eyes pale bluish-slate. A small pair of wattles, as 
in a Bantam pullet. Legs and feet blackish. 
It seems to me that of the four species of Guan to which 
my birds might possibly be referred, the Para Guan (OrtaJis 
araiicauii). the White-fronted ( kian (0. guttata), the White- 
eyebrowed Guan (0. sitpcrciliaris), and the Lesser Grey-headed 
Guan (0. i<ctula) are the most likely species. 
From 0. arancuan my birds differ by having the eyebrow- 
stripe, and the faint white edging to the breast feathers. 
From 0. guttata by having a narrow eyebrow-stripe and 
by having the third and fourth pairs of tail feathers chestnut 
to the base. 
