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the bill ; the feathers of the entire body are black, except the under part of 

 the belly and the margin of the tail, which are whitish. 



Crax mitu L., Ourax mitu TEMM. PL color. 153; black, the upper 

 mandible very high, with the culmen sharp and ridged ; bill and legs deep 

 red. These birds make a nest on the ground ; they protect and feed their 

 young diligently, as do most of the gallinaceous birds. 



Crax TEMM., Guv., GRAY. Bill moderate, with upper mandible 

 vaulted, with base cerigerous. 



Sp. Crax aleclor L., BBISS. Ornith. L PI. 29, BUFF. Ois. n. PI. 13, LESS. 

 Ornith. PI. 81, fig. i, Hoco mitu-poranga MARCGR. Brasil, p. 195; black 

 with white belly and white margin at the tail, and transverse, sinuous, 

 white bars on the breast; Crax gldbicera L., BUFF. PI. enl. 86; Crax 

 rubra L., BUFF. PL enl. 125, GUER. Iconogr., Ois. PL 39, fig. 2, Cuv. 

 R. Ani., ed. ill., Ois. PI. 58, fig. i. These birds make their nest in trees, 

 and lay five or six eggs. They have a tuft of curled feathers, as if 

 frizzled, on the head. 



Family XIV. Phasianince. Bill moderate, vaulted, with tip of 

 upper mandible produced beyond that of lower. Wings rounded. 

 Tarsi covered anteriorly with scutes, in males mostly spurred. Toes 

 four, with hallux inserted somewhat high, insistent on the point, 

 and three anterior toes conjoined at the base by a short membrane. 

 Cheeks or lateral parts of head unplumed. Tail broad, with mostly 

 fourteen or eighteen feathers. Wings rounded. 



Numida L. Bill shorter than head, thick, cerigerous at the 

 base. Nostrils placed in the cere, lateral. Head and upper part 

 of neck denuded. Wings short, with first three quills gradually 

 longer, fourth and fifth longest of all. Tail short, deflected. Tarsi 

 longer than middle toe, unarmed. 



Sp. Numida meleagris L., BUFF., PI. enl. 108, LESS. Ornith. PI. 81, fig. -2; 

 the guinea- f oicl, la peintade, das PerlhuJin ; with pendulous wattles at the 

 base of upper mandibles ; feathers grey-blue with round white spots ; this 

 bird, the Meleagris of the ancients, is, like all the species of this genus, 

 originally from Africa ; they live together in large troops. Numida cristata 

 PALL., Spic. Zool. iv. Tab. 2 ; with a tuft of black feathers on the head. 

 Numida ptilorhyncha LTCHTENST., GuiiRJN Iconogr., Ois. PL 41, fig. i, 

 GRAY Gen. of Birds, PI. cxxvm. ; Numida vulturina HABDWICKE, 

 Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1840, p. 52. 



Agelastus TEMM. (Characters nearly of Numida, but tarsi spurred 

 in males. Neck denuded. Tail longer, not deflected). 



