HOATZIN. — Opisthocomus cristate. 
The very remarkable Hoatzin, or Crested Touraco, is a very fine bird, being 
nearly as large as a peacock, and having somewhat of the same sort of gait and 
mode of carriage. 
This bird is a native of tropical America, being found in Guiana and the 
Brazils, where it assembles together in large flocks, on the banks of creeks and 
rivers. Its colour is brown above, striped with white, and the breast and throat 
are light brown washed with grey. 
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