THE RED CURASSOW. 



Crax rvbra. Linn. 



The Red Curassow is rather larger than the Common 

 or Crested species, measuring when fully grown nearly 

 three feet in total length. Its crest is closely tufted, 

 the feathers of which it is composed being curled to- 

 wards the tips, and the longest measuring as much as 

 four inches when extended in a straight line. They 

 are black at the base and tips, and white in the middle. 

 Those of the forehead, sides of the head, and upper 

 part of the neck are white with black tips. The rest of 

 the body is entirely of a deep chestnut brown, lighter 

 below than above, and with the shafts of the feathers 

 dusky. The cere, which is without knob, is of a dull 

 black ; the bill and legs horn-coloured or ashy gray ; 

 and the iris dark brown. In the young bird the plumage 

 is much more elegantly varied. The feathers of the 



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