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18 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
it could fcarcely be fuppofed to be the a 
bird. 
This fpecies of the Turkey is common in the 
woods in the inner parts of Guiana; they are 
moftly feen in {mall flocks, on high fs tse, where . 
they rooft at night. In breeding time they are 
‘Benerally on the ground, or on low fhrubs, and 
are found in pairs. 
The female makes her neft on a low sd 
tree, near the trunk; lays three or four eggs, 
and ten or twelve dea after the young are hatch. 
ed, they come down with the mother to the 
ground, 
She then broods her young, and fcratches the 
ground like a Hen, 
They have two broods a year, and the young 
Jeave their parents when they can take care of 
themfelves. They are eafily tamed, and feldom 
forfake the place where they have been brought 
up. They prefer, like the common Turkey, to — 
rooft on high trees, 
The windpipe of this bird is of a very fingular 
conftruction, and its cry, when wounded or an- 
gry, is harfh and loud, 
it is a very delicate food, and more efteemed | 
than the Pheafant. 
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