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Pauxi  Temm.* 
Hill  short,  with  the  culmen  elevated,  much  curved,  and  the  sides  much  compressed  to  the  tip  which  is 
obtuse  J  the  lateral  margins  slightly  curved;  the  gonys  long  and  straight;  the  nostrils  lateral,  rounded, 
And  placed  anteriorly  Ul  the  groove,  which  and  the  ba8e  of  both  mandibles  are  covered  with  small  plumes. 
1 1 '///./ >.  rather  short,  with  the  sixth  and  seventh  quills  equal  and  longest.  Tail,  Tarsi,  and  Toesfflze 
those  (if  the  preceding  gcllUS. 
It  is  in  the  warmer  parts  of  America  that  the  species  of  this  genus  are  found.     They  frequent  the  woody  districts  in 
large  tntope,  and  AN  occasionally  seen  perched  on  the  trees,  though  they  usually  ohtain  their  food  on  the  ground  ;  it 
cinM-tH  "I  worms,  insects,  and  various  kinds  of  seeds,  fruits,  &c.     The  nests  arc  formed  on  the  ground,  and  the  young 
carefully  protected  and  fed  hy  the  parent  till  they  are  sufficiently  strong  to  provide  for  themselves. 
1.  P.  </"/"''"  (I. .nli.)  Temm.  PL  enl.  78.  —  Crax  pauxi  Linn.  ;  tuberosa  Spix,  A  v.  Bras.  t.  0*7.  a.  ;  Ourax  erytbrorhynchua  Swains, 
K<lwariN'  ItinN,  pi.  '.'•(."».  f.      ;  ('.  inexieanus  liriss.  Temm.  Pig.  &  Gall.  iii.  t.  4.  f.  2. 
2.  P.  Wtit*  (I. inn.)  PI.  col.  153.  — Crax  brasiliensis  liriss.;  C.  I       S.  P.  tomentosa  (Spix)  Av.  Bras.  t.  63. 
'  Kxtablishcd  bv  M.  Ttmminck  in  181.)  (Hist.  Xat.  Pig.  et  Gall.  iii.  p.  o"8.'4.).  Cuvier  in  1817  used  Ourax  for  tbe  same  type,  and  Lo~ 
plectra*  i.(  \lr.  s».iiiiv,.u  ,  l,s.')7).  and  Mitu  of  M,  Leaaoi)  (  1841),  are  coequal;  tliis  latter  name  Mr.  Strickland  changed  to  Mitua  (1841). 
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