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and covered from the middle with a kind of cere or fldn, which 

 paries backwards quite round the «yes, and behind them : the 

 general colour of the plumage is a full black ; the feathers of 

 the neck foft and velvety : on the top of the head ftands a kind 

 of upright creft, compofed oftwifted black feathers ; the longefl: 

 of them three inches, and others much fhorter : the lowefl: 

 part of the belly, vent, and thighs, are white : the tail is eleven 

 inches long, and confifts of fourteen feathers, a little rounded in 

 lhape, and black: the legs are flrong, and of a dufky or brown 

 colour. 



It varies in having the belly barred with white •, and the ends 

 of the tail feathers of the fame colour. 



Thefe are frequent at Guiana ; and are called Powefe by the Place. 



natives, from their cry, which is fomewhat fimilar j are pretty 

 numerous in the woods, and make no fmall part of the food of 

 the planters, being fupplied therewith by the Indian hunters ; and 

 their flelh is reckoned delicate, much like that of a Twrkey. 



They are eafily brought up tame, and are frequently found in 

 t"he Dutch fettlements of Berbice, Ejfequebo, and Demerary. They 

 are called at Braftl by the name of Curaffb. 



Crax Mitiij Lin. Syji. i. p. 270. 5. 1 » 



Le Hocco du Brefil, Br if. orn. i. p. 296. n. Vaiu A. 



Mitu vel Mutu, Raii Syn. p. 52. ^.—Will. orn. p. 158. pi. 28. Male. 



CIZE of the others. Bill crooked, not thick, an inch and a DEscRirnoi 



half long; the upper chap almoft four times as large as the 

 lower; it is of a flefh-colour, with a whitifh tip: behind the ear 

 a white naked fpot : on the head are long feathers, which can 



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