CRESTED PAUXI. 

 (Ourax Mitu.) 



Ou. corpore atro, purpureo violaceoque nitente, abdomine cos- 

 tanco, apicc caudae albo, maxilla culmine cornea, cullrato, 

 rubro, cm/4 atrd in fronte. 



Pauxi with a black body, glossed with purple and violet ; the 

 abdomen chesnut ; the tip of the tail white ; the ridge of the 

 beak horny, sharp, and red ; the forehead with a dark crest. 



Pauxi Mitu. Temm. Gall. Ind. p. 685. 



Crax Mitu. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1 . 270. 3. Rail. Syn. 52. 4. 



Crax brasiliensis. Eriss. Orn. 1. 296. 11. 



Crax Alector. )3. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 623. 



Pauxi Mitu. Temm. Pig. et Gall. 3. p. 8. pi. 4. /. 2. beak. 



Crested Curassow. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 69!. A. 



THIS is much more rare than the preceding 

 species, and considerably smaller : the ridge of the 

 upper mandible of the beak is elevated above the 

 top of the head, and is sharp on its fore-part, and 

 enlarged at its base : on the forehead, at the com- 

 mencement of the elevation on the beak, is a tuft 

 of short feathers, which the bird has the power of 

 elevating and depressing at pleasure, like a crest : 

 the head, the region of the eyes, and the whole of 

 the upper parts of the neck, are covered with short 

 velvety feathers, of a dull black colour : the rest 

 of the upper parts, the breast, the belly, the 

 thighs, and the feathers of the crest are black, 

 shining with violet and purple, each feather being 

 edged with a circle of dull black : the tail is similar 



