144 PINTADO. 



1 Guinea Pintado 

 A Var. 



GENUS LVIIL— PINTADO. 



2 Egyptian 4 Crested 



3 Mitred 



-DILL convex, strong, short ; at the base a carunculated cere, in 

 which the nostrils are placed. 



Head and neck naked, slightly beset with bristles. 



A conical protuberance reflected, and large, on the head.* 



Wattles hanging from the cheeks. 



Tail short, pointing downwards. 



1.— GUINEA PINTADO. 



Numida Meleagris, 7nd.0rn.ii. 621. Lin. i. 273. Mus. Ad. Fr. ii. 27. Gm.Lin.i. 



744. Scop. i. No. 165. Borowsk. 182. t. 20. Germ, ii. t. 230. Hasselq. It. 274. 



Id. Voy. 202. 42. Frisch, 1. 126. Schcef. el. Orn. t. 46. Rom. Orn. i. 69. 1. 10. 



Bris. i. 176. 1. 18. Id. 8vo. i. 49. Klein, 18. 2. Zd. Stem. 25. t. 26. f. 1.— a. b. 



Id. Ov. 32. t. 23. f. 5. 6. Gesn. Av. pi. in p. 424. 

 Gallus et Gallina Guineensis, Rati, 52. 8. 7d. 182. 17. Will. 115. t.26.27. 

 Gallina de Africa, 6 de Guinea, Gabin. de Madrid, ii. p. 31. lam. 51. 

 Peintade, Buf. ii. 163. t. 4. Id. Sonnin. v. p. 270. PL enl. 10S. Zinn. Uov. 27. t. 2. 



f. 4. Bona*. Tab. Enc. Orn. 191. pi. 83. f. 1. Voy. en Barb. i. 268. Temm. Pig. 



et Gall. 8vo. ii. 431. Id. PI. Anat. i. f. 4. 5. 

 Perle Huner, Gan/A. Nest. u. Ey. t. 94. Naturf. xvii. 69. Schmid, Yog. p. 97. t.88. 

 Guinea Pintado, Gen. Syn. iv. 685. Jd. Sup. 204. JFz7/. £n#/. 162. Sparr. Voy. ii. 



p. 19. Sloan. Jam. 303. Broion, Jam. 470. Pi//: M<??n. t. p. 174. Bewick, Birds, 



pi. p. 293. tfVcof, .Birds, ii. pi. 179. 



THIS well known bird is bigger than a large Cock ; the length 

 twenty-two inches. Bill reddish horn-colour ; head bare of feathers, 

 and bluish ; on the top, at the hind part, a bluish red protuberance, 

 conical in shape, and compressed laterally; from the base of the 

 upper mandible hangs, on each side, a bluish red wattle ; the neck 



* In one Species a crest of feathers. 



