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This specimen has been many years in this collection, and I hare 

 chosen for its specific name that of its noble owner. The species is 

 easily distinguished from all the other members of the genus by its 

 larger size, and the colours of the bill, head and breast. 



The next bird is a second species of the same genus. 



Paljeornis erythrogenys. 



Male : Green ; the back, between the shoulders, mealy ; cheeks 

 and ear-coverts red, which colour passes on to the hind head, where 

 it meets, in a more rosy tint ; moustache black ; the tips of the two 

 centre tail-feathers blue ; upper mandible red, lower black ; legs grey. 



Length from base of bill to end of tail, 15^ inches. 

 Curve of upper mandible If „ 



Wia g 7\ „ 



Tail 9 „ 



Hab. ? 



This bird is nearly allied to P. longicauda, Bodd., but is larger ; 

 the tint on the cheeks is different ; the belly and under wing-coverts 

 are green ; the primaries are not edged with blue ; the centre tail- 

 feathers are only blue for half their length ; and the rump is green. 



Crax Alberti. 



Male : Black, with blue gloss ; the lower part of the belly, vent, 

 under tail-coverts, and the tips of the tail-feathers, white ; cere beauti- 

 ful azure blue ; bill yellowish green horn-colour ; eyes dark hazel. 



Female : Red-brown ; head and crest-feathers barred alternately 

 with black and white ; rump and tail barred with brown, yellow and 

 dark brown ; bill black horn-colour ; eyes dark hazel. 



Hab. ? 



The pair of birds from which the accompanying descriptions and 

 figures were taken, are now living in his lordship's aviaries. A new 

 and beautiful species of a limited family like the Curassows must be 

 looked upon as a valuable addition to our stock of ornithological 

 acquaintances, and deserving of a distinguished cognomen. I there- 

 fore propose to name it after Her Most Gracious Majesty's illustrious 

 consort, His Royal Highness Prince Albert, forming at the same time 

 a companion to my Goura Victoria. 



The male is at once distinguished from its nearest ally (Crax Alec- 

 tor, Linn.) by the blue cere : the female differs from all the speci- 

 mens I have had an opportunity of examining by the broad bands on 

 the tail. 



Penelope niger. 



Male : Black, with blue, and in some lights green reflections ; bill, 

 throat (nearly naked), tarsi and feet red. 



Female : Brown, with green reflections, each feather having several 

 bars of rust-colour, the colour and markings being less distinct on the 

 under surface of the bird. 



