The Crested Curassow inhabits the thickly wooded districts of Guiana, 
Mexico, and Brazil, and is very plentifully found in those countries. It is really 
a handsome bird, nearly as large as the turkey, and more imposing in form and 
colour. It is gregarious in its habits, and assembles together in large troops, 
mostly perched on <the branches of trees. It is susceptible of domestication, and, 
to all appearances, may be bred in this country, as well as the turkey or the pheasant. 
In their native country the Curassows build among the trees, making a large 
and rather clumsy-looldng nest of sticks, grass stems, leaves, and grass blades. 
There are generally six or seven eggs, not unlike those of the fowl, but larger 
and thicker shelled. The voice of the Crested Curassow is a short croak, but 
the various species differ slightly in this respect. The male Globose Curassow, 
for example, has a voice that sounds like a short hoarse cough, and every time 
that it utters the cry it jerks up its tail, and partially spreads the feathers. 
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