CARIAMA. GOLDEN-BREASTED TRUMPETER. 
Cariama cristdta. Psophia crepitans. 
Both these birds are natives of tropical America. 
The Golden-breasted Trumpeter is a handsome bird, remarkable for the 
short velvety feathers of the head and neck, and their beautiful golden green 
lustre bn the breast. 
The name of Trumpeter is derived from the strange hollow cry which it utters 
without seeming to open the beak. 
The Cariama is rather larger than the trumpeter, and has many of the same 
habits. It is chiefly remarkable for the feathery crest on the crown and forehead. 
It is easily tamed, and soon becomes so attached to its new home that it is 
accustomed to roam about at will, and to return to its owner like the common 
fowl. 
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