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the head, around the eye, is 

 very small, and is black in- 

 stead of yellow ; it is also 

 separated from the cere by 

 feathers, instead of forming 

 one continuous naked space, 

 joining the bill : the nostrils 

 are placed in the cere, and 

 are situated before and below 

 the tubercle ; the rest of the 

 bill, and also the legs, are 

 horn colour. The female is 

 stated to be almost exactly 

 like the male : and both ap- 

 pear to have a similarly 

 formed crest to the last. In 

 the young, the tubercle only assumes the shape of a 

 slight prominence ; and the plumage is of a duller black, 

 transversely lineated with white ; these lines disappear- 

 ing as the bird advances in age. The adult plumage is 

 generally acquired in the second year. 



Between this species and the next we shall describe, 

 namely, the Crax rubra, a hybrid breed is said to have 

 been produced, having the following colours : — The 

 plumage, in general, was dull blackish brown ; the ab- 

 domen rufous, where C. globicera is white ; the crest 

 varied with black and white ; the tail black, tipt with 

 white ; and the rest of the plumage marked with slender 

 transverse bars of white. The bill had no appearance of 

 tubercles. Such was the plumage in a young state : 

 when more advanced in age, the head and hind part of 

 the neck became deep black ; the crest black, with a 

 white band ; the upper part of the belly white ; the 

 lower part, vent, and thighs pale yellowish brown. 



This species is said' to inhabit Guiana. Temminck 

 describes the two following as hybrids, but upon what 

 authority does not appear. The first is dull brown, 

 having the upper part of the belly white ; the last black, 

 with four white bands, and the feathers of the crest 

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