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CRAK, CULEX. A7D. 
2—4. Crax. Spec. 6. 
alector, (curassow,) cere yellow ; body black ; bel- 
ly white. 
See Ms. P. 
3—3. Crora.us. Spec. 6. 
horridus, (rattle snake,) plates on the belly 167 ; 
of the tail 23. About 5 or 6 feet long; body 
covered with triangular spots. ‘Thick and 
clumsy. 
see Vio: Ps 
2—3. CrororHaca. Spec. 4. 
major, blackish violet; feathers edged with green ; 
quill-feathers dusky-green ; feet climbers. 
See MS. P. 
41—1. CucuLtanus. Spec. 7. 
lacustris, body rufous and truncate before, In- 
habits the liver and intestines of fish. 
See MS. P. 
2—3. Cucuius. Spec. 55. 
canorus, (cuckow,) cinereous; whitish beneath, 
transversely streaked with brown ; tail round- 
ed, blackish, dotted with white. 
americanus, (american cuckow,) tail wedge-form ; 
body cinereous above, white beneath ; lower 
mandable pale yellow. 
See MS. P. 
8—12. Curex. Spec. 14. 
pipiens, (musquetoe, ) cinereous, with eight brown 
rings ; antenne of the male, pectinate. Makes 
a shrill buzzing noise. The English call our 
musquetoe the gnat. 
