RED CURASSOW. 



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This differs from the preceding in having the body dark ches- 

 nut ; the under part of the neck, the breast, and the two middle 

 tail-feathers, dusky. 



Crax rubra hybrida. (1.) Temm. Gall. Ind. p. 688. 



Crax Alector, femina. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 623. 1. 



Hocco de Perou. Buff. Ois. 2. 375. ]il. 14— Buff. PL Enl. 

 125. 



Hybride du Hocco Coxilitli et Mituporanga. Temm. Pig. et 

 Gall. v. 3. p. 25, 



Crested Curassow. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 693. 1. 



Var. y. capite collo cristdque nigris ; corpore supra rectricibusque 

 luteo nigroque Jusciatis, 



With the head, neck, and crest, black ; the body above and tail- 

 feathers yellow, barred with black. 



Crax rubra hybrida. (2.) Temm. Gall, Ind.p.68Q. 



The Red Curassow is the size of a Turkey, 

 and measures about two feet six or eight inches in 

 length : its beak is large and strong : the crest is 

 composed of twisted and curled feathers, which 

 are black at their base, then white, then tipped 

 with black, with the upper part of the feathers 

 broadest : the forehead, the sides of the head, and 

 the top of the neck, are pure white, each feather 

 being marked at their tips with a black fringe : 

 the breast, and the upper parts of the tail, are of a 

 rust-colour or reddish : the under parts are brighter 

 red than the upper : the cere at the base of the 

 beak is deep red : the base of the beak itself is 

 horn-coloured, its tip whitish yellow : the feet are 

 horn-colour : the irides deep brown : both sexes 

 are similar. The young are beautifully varied: 

 till the first year the crest is composed of straight 

 feathers, which are reddish, varied with white and 



