. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology; Zoologia Geral. I lO ANSERIFORMES in exceptional cases, floating. This nest is placed in some narrow channel or near the side of a lagoon/and contains from four to six oval buffish-white eggs. The female rises silently when dis- turbed, nor do the parents usually attack an intruder: but wounded birds are dangerous to approach, and make good use of their sharp spurs. The voice of the young is a feeble chirp ; they are often trained, as they grow up, to act as guardians to the poultry of their owners. The flesh is coarse and dark, with a duck-like flavou
. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology; Zoologia Geral. I lO ANSERIFORMES in exceptional cases, floating. This nest is placed in some narrow channel or near the side of a lagoon/and contains from four to six oval buffish-white eggs. The female rises silently when dis- turbed, nor do the parents usually attack an intruder: but wounded birds are dangerous to approach, and make good use of their sharp spurs. The voice of the young is a feeble chirp ; they are often trained, as they grow up, to act as guardians to the poultry of their owners. The flesh is coarse and dark, with a duck-like flavour. Palmnedea cornuta, the Horned Screamer, found from Guiana, Venezuela, and Amazonia to Ecuador and Eastern Peru, is glossy black with an admix- ture of white on the crown, lesser wing- coverts, and carpal edge ; greyish fore- neck, white abdomen, brownish-grey bill, and ashy feet. The lores are feathered, and a long, slender,yellowish- white horn adorns the forehead. The female is said to have buff on the wing - coverts. Ghaioia char aria (der- hiana auctt.) occurs in Venezuela and Colom- bia ; it is glossy slate- black with greyer head and occipital crest, white cheeks and throat, and a little white on the wing. The naked lores are C. cristata (chavaria. Fig. 32.—Chajd. pink, the bill and feet apparently red. auctt.) differs in being dark grey, witli a black ring round the neck and whitish-grey cheeks and throat. This is the largest form, and is bigger than a Turkey ; it ranges from South Brazil to Argentina, and shares with Gariama (p. 258) the name of Crested Screamer, Fam. II. The Svib-Order Anseres contains the single cosmo-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harmer, S. F. (Sidney Frederic), Sir, 1862-; Shipley, A. E. (Arthur Everett), Sir, 1861-1927. [London, Macmillan and co. , limit
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