THE CRESTED — THE CRYING CURAC,OA. 345 



On the waters were pleas'd their dark plumes to 



display, 

 While elegant gracefulness waits on their way. 



The Alector, Crested-Curacoa, Curasmv, Indian-Cock, 

 Pheasant-Cock, Hocco, or Pheasant-of -Guiana, sometimes called, 

 from the noise it makes, Powese, has the cere yellow ; body 

 black ; belly white. Three other varieties, differing in the 

 colour of the cere or the belly. The females differ from the 

 males in their colours, but in no other external mark ; three feet 

 loog ; feeds on fruits, and roosts on trees ; inhabits the moun- 

 tainous woods of South America ; flesh good. They are fre- 

 quently brought up tame in the Dutch settlements of Guiana. 

 They breed freely in the menageries of Holland, and have also 

 bred in this country, but the climate does not seem sufficiently 

 warm for them. 



The Globicera, Globose-Curaqoa, or Curassow, has the 

 body blackish-blue, lower part of the belly white; size of 

 the last ; inhabits Guiana. The Pauxi, or Cashew-Cura^oa, 

 has the cere blue; body blackish ; belly and tip of the tail 

 white ; size of the two preceding ; inhabits New Spain. 



The Galeata, Galeated-Cura^oa, or Curassow, has the 

 crown with a horny cone ; body black ; nearly as large as a 

 turkey 5 inhabits the Island of Curacoa. The Vociferans, Crying- 

 Curaqoa, or Curassow, is brown ; belly whitish ; bill and breast 

 blue ; size of a common fowl ; a noisy clamorous bird ; inhabits 

 the mountainous parts of Mexico. 



It will be perceived at the commencement of this article, that 

 this genus has too often corrupted names applied to it ; I have 

 endeavoured to restore the true one, being Curaqoa, from the 

 island so called. The term Hocco is applied to this tribe of 

 birds by the French. 



