CLASS AVES. 



diiFerent shades of brown or bronzed. As the Pene- 

 lope Jacupema. Merr. II. 11. 



Sometimes they are spotted on the chest, as 



The Guan or Quan, Lath. Penel. Cristata, Gm. 

 Edw. 13.* 



Shining, reddish-green ; rump and belly, chesnut ; 

 neck and chest, white spotted ; temple naked, violet ; 

 throat, red ; female more obscurely crested. 



The P. JacquacUi Spix. t. 68, Jacucacu^ t. 69, 

 Jacupeha, t. 71 > Jacupemha, t. 72. Guttata^ t. 73, and 

 Arracuan, t. 74, of Spix, are nearly allied to P. 

 Cristata^ if indeed they are not simple varieties of 

 it. The P. Marail, Vieill. Gal. 198, answers prin- 

 cipally to the Jacupeha. 



Sometimes they are black with spots on the chest, 

 and more or less white on the crest and wing- 

 coverts. 



Cumana Curassow, Lath. Pen. Leucoloplios, 

 Merr. II. 12, or Pen. Cmnanensis, Gm. Jacq. Beytr. 

 pi. 11, Bajon Cay. pi. 5, or Pen. Jacutinga. Spix, 

 pi. 70. 



* The Meleagris Cristata of Lin. See Trachea, &c. Temm. Gal. ii, 

 t. 6. f. 1—5, Latham figured the Trachea of Crax Pauxi for this bird. 



