CURASSOW. 157 



at the base; irides red brown ; behind the ear a naked white spot; 

 plumage in general black, except on the belly, and under the tail, 

 where the colour is brown, almost like that of a Partridge ; the tail 

 one foot in length. 



A bird, which appeared to me to be the same,was in the collection 

 of Mr. Brooks, a Dealer, in Piccadilly, which answered nearly to 

 the above description : the bill very high ridged, and flattened on 

 the sides, as in the Ani ; under mandible very narrow, colour deep 

 red ; the crest consisting of eight or ten feathers longer than the rest, 

 and broader at the end ; which the bird could erect or depress at 

 will ; the bare white part behind the ears not perceivable, unless on 

 strict examination ; the belly and vent dull ferruginous ; tail tipped 

 with white for one inch from the end ;* legs red. 



This last bird was imported from Portugal, and said to be a native 

 of Brazil ; was gentle in its manners, and had a plaintive, and not 

 unpleasing note : is also said to be found at Guiana, and there called 

 Hocco de Para. 



7.— CUSHEW CURASSOW. 



Crax Pauxi, Lid. Orn. ii. 624. Lin. i. 270. Gm. Lin. i. 737. Raw, 52. 5. Will. 



114. 305. Id. Engl. 161 394. Borowsk. ii. 172. Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. xcri. 

 Crax Mexicanus, Bris. i. 302. Id. 8vo. i. 85. 

 Pauxi galeata, Pauxi a Pierre, Temm. Pig. fy Gall. 8vo. iii. p. 1. & t. Anat. pi. 4. f. 1. 



PI. enl. 78. 

 Gallina Indica alia, Will. 110. 



Hocco du Mexique, Buf. ii. 348. Id. Sonnin. v. 282. pi. 48. 1. 

 Das Hockerhuhn, Schmid, Vog. p. 99. t. 85. 

 Paxara Piedra, Gabin. de Madrid, i. p. 55. lam. 24. 

 Cushew Curassow, Gen. Syn. iv. 696. Lin. Trans, iv. 101. pi. xi. f. 1. 2.— Windpipe. 



Edw. pi. 295. 



SIZE of the others, but more elegant in shape. Bill red ; a 

 the base of the forehead a very large gibbosity, of the size of a small 



* M. Temminck mentions one, which had the end of the tail chestnut. 



