<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Numididae</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>Galliformes</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>guinea fowl</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>guinea fowls</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>guinea-fowl</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>guineafowl</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Members of a family of African birds comprising 7-10 species of fowl having a long neck with a hackle of long lance-shaped feathers, striped black, white, and blue, and a vulture-like bare blue head. In some classifications, they are placed in the pheasant family. ]]></note></mads>