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GLOBE-BEARING CURASSOW. 

 (Crax globicera.) 



CB. corpore nigro, abdomine subtus albo ; pennis in vertice crispi$ 

 atris ; tuberculo ad basin rostri rotundato lato, magnitudine 

 cerasi, cerd luted; caudd apice alba. 



Curassow with a black body ; the abdomen beneath white ; the 



feathers of the crown contracted and dark coloured ; a broad 



rounded tubercle at the base of the beak, about the size of a 



cherry 5 the cere yellow, and the tip of the tail white. 



Crax globicera. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 695. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 



736. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 624. 3. Temm. Gall. Ind. p. 686. 

 Gallus indicus alius. Rait. Syn. 52. p. 7. 

 Crax Curassons. Briss. Orn. 1. 300.- 13. 

 Hocco, Faisan de la Guiane. Buff. PI. Enl. 86. young. 

 Hocco Teucholi. Temm. Pig. et Gall. 3. 12. 

 Curassow Cock. Albin. 2. pi. 31. Edw. Glean.pl. 2Q5.f. 1. 

 Globose Curassow. Jjath. Gen. Syn. 4. 6Q5. 2. 

 Var. /S. obscure Jusca ; venire supremo albo ; caudd nigr& ; fasciis 



quatuor albis ; cristee pcnnce revolutte, apice albte. 

 Dull brown j the upper part of the belly white ; the tail black, 

 with four white fascia; the feathers of the crest revoluted and 

 tipped with white. 



Crax globicera hybrida. (l.) Temm. Gall t Ind. p. 687- 

 Globose Curassow, female. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 6Q5. 2. 

 Var. y. cerd jlava ; corpore nigro rtifo fosciato ; cristd alba-, 



apice nigrd ; collo albo nigroquejasciato. 



With a yellow cere ; the body black, fasciated with rufous ; the 

 crest white, with a black tip j and the neck fasciated with 

 white and black. 



Crax globicera hybrida. (2.) Temm. Gall. Ind. p. 687. 

 Crax Alector. var. 8. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 623. 1. 

 Crested Curassow. var. c. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 692. 1. 

 Curassow Hen. Albin. Birds. 2. pi. 32. 



