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Genus XL1X. PINTADO. 



N d 1. Guinea P. N° 2. Mitred P. 



Var. A. White-breafted P. 3. Crefted P. 



TH E characters of this genus are : 

 The bill convex, ftrong, and fhort ; at the bafe a ca- 

 runculated cere, in which the noftrils are lodged. 

 Head and neck naked, fligbtly befet with briftles. 

 A horn, reflected, and large, on the head *. 

 Wattles hanging from the cheeks. 

 Tail fhort, pointing downwards. 



Numida Meleagris, Lin. Syft. i. p. 273.— -Muf. Adolpk. Fr. ii. p. 27.— 1. 



Stop. ann. i. N° 165.— Haffelq. Fey. p. 274. N<? 24. — Frifch. "*" GUINEA P. 



pli 126* 

 La Peintade, Brif. orn. i. p. 176. pi. 18. — Buf. oif. ii. p. 163. pi. 4.— 



Pheul. 108. 

 Guiney Hen, or Pintado, Rail Syn. p. 528. — p. 182. 17. — Will. orn. p. 162. 



pi. 26. 27. — Sloan. Jam. p. 302. — Breivn. Jam. p. 470. 

 Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. 



'T'HIS is. bigger than a large Cock: length twenty-two Discriptiok. 



inches. The bill an inch and a quarter long, and of a 

 reddifh horn-colour : the head is bare of feathers, and blueifh ; 

 and at the top of the back part is a blueifh red protuberance, of a 

 conical fhape, and compreffed on the fides : on each fide of the 



• The lafl fpecies has a treft of feathers inftead of a born. 



upper 



