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brought to this country, was given by our late friend 

 Mr. Bennett, in his elegant work above quoted ; and it 

 is accompanied by a figure, which, however forced and 

 unnatural in its attitude, and quite belying the graceful 

 form of the bird, is yet sufficient to show some of its 

 peculiarities. The name he has bestowed upon it is 

 most appropriate ; for no ornithologist in this country 

 has investigated the comparative anatomy of the rasorial 

 and natatorial birds with such eminent success, and with 

 such skilful tact, as Mr. Yarrell ; and every one who 

 desires to see honour given where it is really due, will 

 preserve the original name imposed upon this interesting 

 species. 



Not having ourselves examined this species, we must 

 depend upon Mr. Bennett for the exactitude of the 

 following account. He describes the bird, excepting; 

 in its bill, as having little to distinguish it from the 

 globose curassow already mentioned, although it is some- 

 what smaller in size. The whole plumage, in fact, is 

 deep glossy black, with the exception of the belly, the 

 vent, and the posterior parts of the legs, all of which 

 are white. The crest is the same as in the other species : 

 but the cere, instead of being yellow, is deep crimson, 

 surmounted by an elevated prominence, much smaller 

 than that of the globose species, and enlarged beneath, on 

 each side the lower mandible, by a peculiar gibbous pro- 

 jection, which is not met with in any other species : the 

 space between the eyes and the bill is feathered, leaving 

 the naked skin round the eyes of the same deep black 

 with the plumage of the head, from which it is hardly 

 to be distinguished : these gibbous tubercles only be- 

 come developed by age ; for when the specimen was first 

 obtained, there was only a slight prominence above, 

 and none beneath the bill. Another specimen, which 

 seems to be in the Tower menagerie, is smaller, and may 

 be either a young male or the female : it has the 

 under parts of a light brown, instead of pure white. 



This bird is obviously alHed to M. Temminck's Crujc 

 earunculata; but in the figure he has given, as Mr. 



