. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. CRAClDvE —THE CURASSOWS. 390 with white, cxfppt the iiiiihlle one. aloiiff the iniihlie oC the tlirnat lilack ; outer etlfre of jn'imaries tinged willi f^iiiy. Eyes brown, 15111 iiml feet lead-colored. Length,'; wing, '>0; tail, IIab. Valley of the llio Grande, and southward to Guatemala. Tliis form is ilistiiiguislialtlo IVnin 0. rvtula, as rostrictcil, of wliich it is llio nortlieni riiprosentativc, by the paler and less fulvous colors, and li>,dit(;r — of
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. CRAClDvE —THE CURASSOWS. 390 with white, cxfppt the iiiiihlle one. aloiiff the iniihlie oC the tlirnat lilack ; outer etlfre of jn'imaries tinged willi f^iiiy. Eyes brown, 15111 iiml feet lead-colored. Length,'; wing, '>0; tail, IIab. Valley of the llio Grande, and southward to Guatemala. Tliis form is ilistiiiguislialtlo IVnin 0. rvtula, as rostrictcil, of wliich it is llio nortlieni riiprosentativc, by the paler and less fulvous colors, and li>,dit(;r — often nearly white — tips to the tail-feathers, besides other minor dif- ferences in coloration. The two cannot be separated specilically, however, since they undoubtedly grade into each other. Hadits. Tliis very remarkable liird, belonging as it does to a form pecu- liar to this continent, is the only species fouml within the limits of the United States, and only within a (juite restricted area in the valley of the Kio (Irande. Xumerous si)ecies of this family are found in the warmer countries of America, especially ^lexico and Central America, all or nearly all of which ap- pear to Ijo capable of domestication, and some of whicii, including the present species, have, in repeated instances, been (|uite as completely domesticated its our common Turkey. Birds of the family to which the species belongs differ in a very marked manner, in habits, from most Oalluuiaa; inasmuch as they not only live almost exclusively in deep forests, but are also remarkable for habitually freiiuenting trees, feeding upon their foliage, and building their nests within their branches, more in the manner of the smaller birds. They are all said to have loud and discordant voices, and are generally of a black or dark plumage. Specimens of this bird were taken at Boquillo, in New Leon, in the spring of 1853, by Lieutenant Couch, who speaks of them as gregarious and as seeking their food wholly
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