. A general history of birds . m the bend, white; quills rufous, the first very .short;tail cuneiform, ten inches long, colour of the back ; all the feathersyellow at the ends ; legs black, without spurs behind. Inhabits Mexico, and parts adjacent, and said to feed on snakes;it makes a howling kind of noise, is found on trees, near rivers, andaccounted an unlucky bird; met with chiefly in autumn, and said topronounce a sound not unlike the word Hoactzin. We are told thatit may be domesticated, being seen in that state among the natives;and that it feeds on ants, worms, and other insects, as we
. A general history of birds . m the bend, white; quills rufous, the first very .short;tail cuneiform, ten inches long, colour of the back ; all the feathersyellow at the ends ; legs black, without spurs behind. Inhabits Mexico, and parts adjacent, and said to feed on snakes;it makes a howling kind of noise, is found on trees, near rivers, andaccounted an unlucky bird; met with chiefly in autumn, and said topronounce a sound not unlike the word Hoactzin. We are told thatit may be domesticated, being seen in that state among the natives;and that it feeds on ants, worms, and other insects, as well as far this should be removed from the Genus of Pheasant, onaccount of its food, we are unable to determine, but we know nonewhich do not readily feed on grain or fruits, which this bird also issaid to do. M. Temminck removes this from the Gallinaceous Tribeinto that of his Omnivores,* or General Feeders, under the name ofOpisthocomus. ♦ See Tern. Manuel, pt. 1. p. 105. for the character of tlie order. \T. (^/rr f///rr/MZy/i^. TINAMOU. 2lii GENUS LXII—TINAMOU. 1 Great Tinainou 2 Tao 3 Cinereous 4 Undulated 5 Barred-tail 6 Nocturnal 7 Macaco 8 Obsolete 9 Tataupa10 Oariana 11 Variegated 12 Little 13 Dwarf 14 Rufescent 15 Spotted JSlLL long, blunt at the end; nostrils in the middle; gape wide;sides of the head and throat not well furnished with feathers. Tail very short, often hid in the feathers of the coverts, whichare unusually long. Hind toe short, for the most part useless in walking ; the clawshollowed beneath. The general manners of all much like those of the first species. 1.—GREAT TINAMOU. Tinamus Brasiliensis, Ind. Om. ii. 6-33. Tetrao major, Gm. Lin. i. 767. Perdix Brasiliensis, Bris. i. 227. Id. 8vo. i. 63. Perdix major Brasiliensis, Bris. i. 927. Id. Svo. i. 64. Macucagua, /faij, 53. Will. U6. t. 26. Id. Engl. 163. Klein, IS. 4. Jambu, RaiiybT. 4. Will. 119. Id. Engl. p. 167 §. iv ? Le Magoua, Buf. iv. 507. pi. 24. Id. Sonnin. xiv. p. 36
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