Trumpeter
in ichthyology, the Latris hecateia, one of the most important food fishes of the Southern Hemisphere. It ranges from 30 to 60 pounds in weight, and is considered by the colonists the best flavored of any of the fishes of New Zealand, Tasmania, and south Australia. Large numbers are smoked and sent into the interior. In ornithology, any species of the genus Psophia. They are South American birds, allied to the crane, inhabiting the forests, frequenting the ground in search of grain for food, and often betraying their presence by their loud call, whence both their popular and scientific names are derived. The best known species, TRUMPET FLOWER P. crepitans, is very beautiful. The breast is adorned with brilliant changing blue and purple feathers, with metallic luster; head and neck like velvet; wings and back gray, and belly black. They run with great swiftness, and are capable of domestication, attending their master in his walks with as much apparent affection as his dog. They have no spurs, but such is their high spirit and activity, that they browbeat every other fowl in the yard, as well as Guinea birds, dogs, and turkeys.