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GALEATED PAUXI. 



height : its colour is livid blue : the beak is blood- 

 red : the whole of the feathers of the head and 

 neck are short and velvety : the rest of the 

 plumage, with the exception of the abdomen, is 

 black, with green reflections, each feather being 

 terminated by a circle of dull black : the tail- 

 feathers are black, tipped with white : the abdomen 

 and the under tail-coverts are of a pure white : 

 the feet are red ; the claws yellow : the irides 

 brown. The female resembles the male ; but the 

 young are brown and red, and they do not possess 

 the corneous tubercle on the beak till after their 

 first moult. 



This inhabits Mexico, Curassaw, and other parts 

 of the middle region of America : it is said by 

 Fernandez to build on the ground, like the Phea- 

 sant. The young feed on insects, and as they grow 

 up they devour fruits, grains, and other substances, 

 like the rest of this group : the female lays several 

 eggs, the size of those of the Turkey. 



