#0 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
curling forwards at their points. He can raife 
or lower this creft at pleafure ; but he has never 
been obferved to raife the feathers of his tail, like 
the Peacock and Turkey. 
The Powefe, (or Hocco, as it is called by Buf- 
fon,) frequents woods and mountains, in feveral 
parts of South America, perching upon trees, 
where it likes to rooft. . 
Thefe birds are eafily brought up tame, and 
are frequently found in the Dutch fettlements of 
Berbice, Effequibo, and Demerary, in South A- . 
merica, ‘They are fed with bread and maize; 
and their flefh is delicate food. — 
~The carriage of the Powefe is noble, it is a 
gentle and unfufpicious bird, and when in its wild 
ftate in flocks, does not attempt to efcape, though 
it fees its companions fhot one after another, 
Such a bird muft be eafily tamed; in a domettic 
_ ftate it will wander to fome diftance in. the day, 
but returns to its ufual roofting place in the even- 
ing. It may be made fo familiar as to ftrike 
againft the door with its beak that it may be 
opened,—to take the fervants by their clothes when 
they neglect it,—to follow its mafter like the 
Agami, and, like the Agami, to exprefs great : 
fatisfaction, when it fees its mafter again after a 
thort abfence, 
The 

