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The Crested Cariama is a native of the Campos of the interior of Brazil, where it is well known as the “Seriema.”

This Cariama, which much resembles the Crested Cariama in general appearance though smaller in size, and distinguished by several structural characters, is one of the many discoveries of the distinguished naturalist whose name it appropriately bears.

Dr. Burmeister, who has carefully investigated the osteology and anatomy of Cariama cristata, has come to the conclusion that the true place of this somewhat isolated form is near the Storks.

The frontispiece to the first volume of this work, which represents the Crested Cariama, is taken from one of these captive birds.

Cariama burmeisteri, Salvin, Ibis, 1880, p.