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Young males resemble the old females, except that, at this time of 

 life, the sides of the neck are clothed like the rest with feathers.* 



Inhabits Cayenne, Surinam, and throughout Guiana ; frequents 

 great woods, and approaches plantations, with the Chatterers, as the 

 fruit ripens, on which alone it feeds, making the nest in high trees, 

 on the borders of the great rivers. M. Levaillant thinks that this bird 

 ought to be placed among the Chatterers, having the same manners. 



In a specimen, which I observed in the Museum of the late Dr. 

 Hunter, the bill was yellowish, with a black tip ; the outer quill 

 black ; the rest the same, but outwardly grey, to near the tips ; wing 

 coverts and second quills pale grey ; tail six inches long, even ; the 

 legs dusky yellow. 



In the collection of Lord Seaforth are both sexes of this bird. 

 The male eighteen inches in length, of which the bill makes one, the 

 colour of it pale, towards the end black, and a little bent downwards ; 

 the feathers come very forward at the base above, and are very short, 

 like velvet ; the rest of the head, the nape, and neck behind covered 

 with feathers of the same structure, as is likewise the chin ; the under 

 part of the eye is bare, and a large portion of each side of the neck, 

 but the latter is covered in streaks of velvety down ; the rest of the 

 general plumage slaty black ; but all the wing coverts, and outer 

 part of the quills fine blue grey ; legs yellow and stout. 



The female is sixteen inches long, and in most things the same ; 

 but only the forehead, crown, chin, and throat are velvety, and this 

 sort of texture of feather less conspicuous ; the same bare space is 

 seen on the sides of the neck as in the other, but without the velvet 

 markings ; and the wing coverts, though paler than the rest, are of 

 a darker, and less conspicuous colour than in the other sex ; belly 

 paler ; the ends of the feathers pale grey. 



These were brought from the Isle of Trinidad. 



* This is the case with the young Rook, and no doubt with the Bald Crow, and the 

 bareness of the face is easily accounted for; but by what means the want of feathers on the 

 sides of the neck is produced in this bird, is not easy to guess. 



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