
۱ OPISTHOCOMIFORMES. 
Opisthocomus hoazin. 
Common along the Amazon from 
Para to Manaos. In life the eye 
| is red and the bare skin about. 
it blue. We found several nests 
b They are placed almost always 
| over water and made of sticks 
Ë unlined. The ones we saw vere 
from six to thirty feet up, 
The egzs are buffish white with 
lavendar stains and dark brown 
spots. They sow much variation 
both in shape and colouring. 
The eggs resemble Rail eggs. | 
== They seem to be partly nocturna! 
| Oy for we often heard them making © 
| ` their grunting and croaking 
noises at night. 
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1 ) Hoazin. 

