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not very determinate. We subdivide them as 

 follows : 



The Hoccos, properly so called, Buff. Mitous of 

 Brazil, &c. 



(Crax. Lin.) 



Have a strong bill, and its base surrounded with a 

 skin, sometimes of a bright colour, in which the 

 nostrils are pierced ; on their head is a tuft of long, 

 straight, and erect feathers, curled at the end. 



They are about the size of the turkey, and, like 

 that bird, mount the trees. They are brought up at 

 will, in America ; and some individuals come here 

 from thence, so differently coloured, that we hesitate 

 in characterizing their species. 



The most common are : 



The Crested Curassow. Lath. Mitou-Poranga. 



Marg. (Crax Alector, Lin. Buff. Ois. 11. pi. 13. 



Vieill. Galer. 199.) 



Black, with the lower belly white, and the cere 

 yellow. Their trachea makes merely a slight turn 

 before it enters into the chest.* 



* See its anatomy. Tem. Gal. iij. t. 5. f. 1, 2, z. Mem. Acad. Sci. 

 Par. in t. Trans. Pitfield, Mem. t. When young, black; body, white 

 banded ; temples, naked : when older, belly varied with reddish ; crest, 

 body, wing, and tail, white banded ; and the crest, straight. See Le Mitu 

 female, Azara, Voy. 169. 



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