GALLINACEOUS BIRDS. 



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history further than that our figure is taken from an example, in all probability unique, forming a part 

 of the collection of the United Service Museum, to which it was presented by Captain Probyn. It is 

 certainly one of the most noble birds that has been discovered for some years ; and we indulge in the 

 hope that the period may not be far distant when we shall become better acquainted with the species, 

 and that living individuals may even become denizens of our menageries and farmyards, where they 

 would doubtless thrive equally well as their congener so familiar to us all." 



The TUFTED GUINEA FOWLS (Giittem) are recognisable by the bushy rrest upon the 



THE COMMON GUINEA FOWL [XiimiJa mdcigris). 



head, as also by their very powerful beak, moderately high tarsus, and short strong tail. The neck 

 is without any actual lappet, but has the bare skin arranged in deep folds. 



PUCHERAN'S TUFTED GUINEA FOWL. 



Pucheran's Tufted Guinea Fowl {Guttcra Piicheranii) is of a beautiful but unusually dark 

 blue on the back and under side, and covered with very small round or oval spots, which merge into 

 stripes on the feathers of the upper wing-covers ; the primary quills are of almost unspotted brownish 

 grey, and the exterior secondaries broadly edged with white on the outer web. The crest is pale 

 velvety black, the summit of the head and bare fore parts of tlie neck are bright red, with the folds of 

 the skin dark greyish violet ; the eye is deep brown, the beak greyish yellow with blueish base, and 

 the foot almost black. This species is a native of South-eastern Africa. 



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