CARUNCULATED CURASSOW. 



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A NEW species, described by Temminck : its 

 beak is shorter and stronger than in C. alector : 

 the upper mandible is more elevated : the cere at 

 its base is red, and is prolonged on each side of 

 the under mandibles, and forms a small rounded 

 wattle : the space round the eyes is naked, and 

 is separated from the cere by feathers : the head, 

 the twisted feathers of the crest, the whole of the 

 upper parts of the body, the neck, and the breast, 

 are black, with green reflections : the abdomen is 

 chesnut, and the legs are brown. Length about 

 three feet. 



Native of Brasil. 



