﻿C U R A S S O W, 6 9 s 



2. 



GLOBOSE C, 



Crax globicera, Lin. Syfi. i. p. 270. 4. 

 Le Hocco de Curaffow, Brif. orn. i. p. 300. 13. 

 Gallus Indicus alius, Aldr. Raii Syn. p. 52. 7. 

 Another Indian Cock, Will. orn. p. 162. 

 Curaffow Cock and Hen, Albin. ii. pi. 31. 32. 

 Curaffow Bird, Ed<w. pi. 295. f.-l. 



CIZE of the others. The tip of the bill is afh-coloured ; Description, 



the reft of it yellow : on the top over the noftrils is a round 

 knob like a cherry, very hard, and of a fine yellow : the irides 

 are red : round the eyes white : on the head the feathers are 

 long, and form a creft, that points forwards -, the feathers of it are 

 black, with white tips, which are a little bent : the reft of the 

 plumage is black, except the lower part of the belly, vent, and 

 acrofs the thighs, all of which are white : legs pale ferru- 

 ginous. 



The female has the head and hind part of the neck black : Female, 



the creft is black, crofted with a white band : fome of the neck 

 feathers have white tips : the fore part of the neck and breaft, 

 back, and wings, are of a dull brown : the upper part of the 

 belly white, with fome of the feathers tipped with black : lower 

 part of the belly, vent, and thighs, pale yellowifti brown: the 

 tail is black, crofted with four broad bands of white : the knob 

 on the bill is yellow, as in the male; but the bill and legs are 

 afh-colour. 



Inhabits Guiana^ efpecially about Curajfow ; and perhaps, on Placs„ 



further inveftigation, may prove a mere variety of the former 

 ones.. 



Cra* 



