200 LLOYD’S NATURAL HISTORY. 
season (according to the accounts, many hundreds, or even 
thousands) were obliged to remain in the vicinity, the greater 
part would perish of hunger. 
“In the structure of the feet of the AZegacephalon we may see 
a reason why it departs from the habits of its nearest allies, the 
Megapodti and Talegalli, which generally heap up mounds of 
earth and rubbish in which to bury their eggs. The feet of 
the Maleos are not nearly so strong in proportion as those of 
the former birds, while the claws are short and straight, instead 
of being very long and greatly curved.” 
Eggs.— Pale brownish-red. Measurements, 4°3 by 2°4 
inches. 
THE CURASSOWS. FAMILY CRACID. 
As in the Aegapodiide, the hind-toe or hallux 7s ov the same 
‘evel as the other toes, and its basal phalanx is as long as that 
of the third toe. 
They differ from the A/egafodes in having the oil-gland 
tufted. 
The nest is made either in a tree or on the ground, and the 
eggs, which are white, are incubated in the usual manner. 
THE TRUE CURASSOWS. -GENUS CRAX, 
Crax, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 269 (1766). 
‘Lype, (Ceavector-(Lc). 
Bill stout, the depth of the upper mandible being gveater 
than the width. 
Feathers on the top of the head sevz-erect and curled at the 
extremity. 
With or without a swollen knob at the base of the upper 
mandible. 
Wattles at the base of the lower mandible present or absent. 
Tail composed of ¢zwe/ve feathers. 
In this genus the females differ one from another in plumage 
far more than the males, all of which are very similar in plumage. 
