Agami (psophia crepitans), a bird of tropical America, also termed the gold-breasted trumpeter. It has been classed among the cranes, but subsequently among the pheasants. By Temminck it is classed as the first genus in the order alectorides. Its body is about the size of the pheasant, to which it bears some resemblance in its plumage; but it is much higher on its legs, which resemble those of the grallatores or wading birds, being naked far above the knee. It has also a long neck, and in all respects, at first sight, has the appearance of a water fowl; but it never visits fens or water margins, frequenting rather the uplands and dry mountains. Its breast is of a beautiful iridescent green and gold, in which, as in the bare space of scarlet skin which surrounds its eye, it resembles the pheasant. Its tail, however, is short, and partially covered by the loose silky plumes of its light-colored scapula-ries. It is easily domesticated, and becomes attached to its master, whom it will follow about like a dog. Its name of trumpeter (pso-phia) is given on account of its remarkable cry, performed, with the bill closed, by aid of a peculiar conformation of the larynx.

The agami, like the rest of the alectorides, makes no nest, but deposits its eggs, which are of a light green color, to the number of 10 up to 16, in a hollow place scratched at the foot of a tree. The down remains very long on the young bird, and then changes into long, close, silky plumes.

Agami, or Gold-breasted Trumpeter.