[Brazilian, through F. kamichi (Buffon), Kamichy (1741 Barrère, cited by Hatz.-Darm.).] The horned screamer (Palamedea cornuta), a bird of Guiana and the Amazon.
1834. H. M’Murtrie, Cuvier’s Anim. Kingd., 154. The Kamichi resembles the Jacanas, but on a very large scale.
1840. Penny Cycl., XVII. 155/2. D’Azara says that both this bird and the Kamichi are provided with a cottony down at the base of the feathers.
