jacu

Lyra killed a jacu for us, and Kermit killed two monkeys for the men.

VIII. The River of Doubt 1914

Just before reaching camp Cherrie shot a jacu, a handsome bird somewhat akin to, but much smaller than, a turkey; after Cherrie had taken its skin, its body made an excellent canja.

VIII. The River of Doubt 1914

We saw some monkeys and fresh tapir sign, and Kermit shot a jacu for the pot.

VIII. The River of Doubt 1914

Kermit went down-stream five or six kilometres, and returned, having shot a jacu and found that at the point which he had reached there was another rapids, almost a fall, which would necessitate our again dragging the canoes over a portage.

VIII. The River of Doubt 1914

We heard -- but not for long -- the cackling of the _jacu_ (_Penelope cristata_), a handsome gallinaceous bird.

Across Unknown South America Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

While we were doing that I heard rifles being fired in the forest, and presently Antonio returned with some fine _jacu_

Across Unknown South America Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

Lyra killed a jacu for us, and Kermit killed two monkeys for the men.

Through the Brazilian Wilderness Theodore Roosevelt 1888

Just before reaching camp Cherrie shot a jacu, a handsome bird somewhat akin to, but much smaller than, a turkey; after Cherrie had taken its skin, its body made an excellent canja.

Through the Brazilian Wilderness Theodore Roosevelt 1888

Kermit went down-stream five or six kilometres, and returned, having shot a jacu and found that at the point which he had reached there was another rapids, almost a fall, which would necessitate our again dragging the canoes over a portage.

Through the Brazilian Wilderness Theodore Roosevelt 1888

Here the curassow, the jacu, the jacami, and the unicorn resemble as much the bustard and other ostrich-like birds as the hen and pheasant.

The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847