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CRESTED PAUXI. 

 (Ourax Mitu.) 



Ou. corpore utro, purpurea violaceoque nitente, ahdomine cas« 

 taneo, apice caudce alio, ^naxilld culmine corneo, cultratOi 

 rubro, crista atra in fronte. 



Pauxi with a black body, glossed with purple and violet ; the 

 abdomen chesnut; the tip of the tail white ; the ridge of the 

 beak horny, sharp, and red ; the forehead with a dark crest. 



Pauxi Mitu. Temm. Gall, Ind. p. 685. 



Crax Mitu. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1 . 270. 3. — Raii, Syn, 52. 4. 



Crax brasiliensis. Briss. Orn. 1. 296. 11. 



Crax Alector. /S. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 623. 



Pauxi Mitu. Temm. Pig, et Gall. 3.p,8. pi. 4. /. 2. beak. 



Crested Curassow. Lath. Gen. Syn, 4. 69I. a. 



This is much more rare than the preceding 

 species, and considerably smaller : the ridge of the 

 upper mandible of the beak is elevated above the 

 top of the head, and is sharp on its fore-part, and 

 enlarged at its base : on the forehead, at the com- 

 mencement of the elevation on the beak, is a tuft 

 of short feathers, which the bird has the power of 

 elevating and depressing at pleasure, like a crest : 

 the head, the region of the eyes, and the whole of 

 the upper parts of the neck, are covered with short 

 velvety feathers, of a dull black colour : the rest 

 of the upper parts, the breast, the belly, the 

 thighs, and the feathers of the crest are black, 

 shining with violet and purple, each feather being 

 edged with a circle of dull black : the tail is similar 



