
28 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
it could fearcely be fuppofed to " the fame 
bird, | 
This {pecies of the Facies i is common in the 
woods in the inner parts of Guiana; they are 
 moftly feen in fmall flocks, on high trees, where _ 
they rooft at night. In breeding time they are — 
generally on the ground, or on low thrubs, and 
are found in pairs. 
‘The female makes her nett on a ie buthy 
“tree, near the trunk; lays three or four Ces, 
and ten or twelve days after the young are hatch~ 
ed, they come down with s mother’ to the 
ground, | ) 
‘ground like a Hen, : 
They have two broods a year, age the young 
eave 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 
_ yooft.on high trees, 
She then broods her young, and eratches the ' 
. The windpipe of this bird is of a very fingular : 
conttruation, and its cry, whea wounded or ane : 
| By. is harfh and loud. 
itis a very delicate food, and more. ‘decnad | 
| than the. Pheafant, 
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