CRESTED OUAN. 1.79 



is of a green-black, changing, according to the 

 position of the light, to shades of olive : the throat 

 and the breast are the same with the feathers, 

 surrounded with white, producing a spotted ap- 

 pearance : the belly and the thighs are of a reddish 

 hue, with the edges of the feathers white : the 

 lower part of the back, the rump, and the under 

 tail-coverts, are of a chesnut-red : at the base of 

 the beak are some black hairs : from the middle 

 of the under mandible of the beak to the coverts 

 of the ears is a stripe of black : the feathers of 

 the head and the occiput are elongated into a 

 tufted crest, capable of being erected at the will of 

 the bird : the naked space on the cheeks surrounds 

 the eyes, and is joined to the base of the beak ; it 

 is of a purple-black : the throat is naked, and 

 from it depends a* broad, loose, membranaceous 

 skin, of a fine red colour, slightly covered with a 

 few hairs j when the bird is agitated this part is 

 greatly contracted : the irides are of a red-brown : 

 the feet are red. The female differs in having a 

 rufous reflection on the plumage, instead of the 

 brilliant hues of the male : the crest is much 

 shorter, and its feathers, as well as those of the 

 neck and the shoulders, are edged with white. 

 The young have not the naked space on the 

 temple or the throat : the head and the sides of 

 the neck being covered with a reddish down : the 

 occiput and the whole of the hinder part of the 

 neck are of a chesnut-colour, and covered with 

 down : the sides of the neck also possess a narrow 

 stripe of down : the breast is deep red : the down 



