POULTRY 
CURASSOWS AND GUANS. 
EAVHNTG the pigeons, we now come to the large and important order of birds, 
termed scientifically the Gallinm, and, more popularly, the Poultry. Sometimes 
they are termed liasores, or scrapers, from their habit of scraping up the ground 
^ in search of food. To this order belong our domestic poultry, the grouse, par- 
tridges, and quails, the turkeys, pheasants, and many other useful and interesting 
birds. In almost every instance the Gallium are handsome birds, and interesting in 
their habits, but as their number is legion, and our space is rapidly diminishing, 
we must content ourselves with such species as afford the best types of the order to which 
they belong. 
CRESTED CURASSOW . — Crux alector. 
Oub first example of these birds is the Crested Cttrassow, the representative of the 
genus Crax, in which are to be found a number of truly splendid birds. All the Curassows 
are natives of tropical America, and are found almost wholly in the forests. 
