CURASSOW. 151 



GENUS LIX— CURASSOW. 



1 Crested Curassow 



2 Red 



A Var. 

 B Var. 



C Hybrid 



3 Globose 



4 Wattled 



5 Blue 



G Razor-billed 



7 Cushew 



8 Galeated 



JdILL convex, strong 1 , and thick, the base ..covered with a cere, 

 often with a large knob. 



Nostrils small, lodged in the cere. 



Head sometimes with a crest of feathers, curling at the ends. 



Tail large, straight. 



1.— CRESTED CURASSOW. 



Crax Alector, Ind. Orn.'u. 022. Lin. i. 2G9. Gm. Lin. i. 735. Scop. i. No. 263. 



Klein, 111. 3. Borowsk. ii. 170. t. 28. 

 Crax Guianensis, Bris. i. 298. t. 29. Id. 8vo. i. 8-1. Frisch, t. 121. 

 Mituporanga, Rati, 56. 6. Id. 183. 19. Will. 115. t. 28.— the Head. Johnst. Av. 



p. 153. t. 27. 28. Tenon. Pig. Sf Gall. Svo. v. 3. p. 27. & t. 5. f. 1. 2.2.— Anat. 

 Mitu, vel Mutu, Brasil. Gerin. ii. 79. t. 228. Voy. d'Azara, iv. No. 33S. 

 Hocco delaGuiane, Buf. 375. pi. 13. Sonnin. Buf.v. 253. & 267. pi. 47. f. 1. Desc. 



Surin. ii. 149. 

 Indian Cock, Pit/. Mem. pi. p. 190. Phil. Trans, lvi. p. 215. pi. x. f. 3.— Windpipe. 



Mem. de I' Acad. Sci. iii. part 1. p. 221. 

 Pheasant of Guiana, Bancr. Guian. p. 173. 

 Crested Curassow, Gen. Syn. iv. 690. Brown, Jam. 470. Sloan. Jam. 302. t. 260. 



Damp. Voy. ii. part 2. p. 67. Id. iii. part 1. p. 75. Lin. Trans, iv. 104. pi. x. 



f.2. 3.— Windpipe. Nat. Misc. pi. 117.— Male. 



SIZE of a Turkey ; length nearly three feet. Bill one inch and 

 three quarters long and horn-colour, covered from the base to the 

 middle with a skin or cere, which passes quite round, and behind 

 the eyes ; plumage in general a full black ; the feathers of the neck 

 soft and velvety ; on the crown an upright crest, composed of twisted 

 long black feathers ; the longest three inches, the others much shorter; 



