639 



CRESTED BOATBILL. 



(Cancroma cochlearia.) 



Ca. crislata cinerascens, ventre rufo, vertice lunulaque cervicis 

 nigris. 



Crested cinereous Boatbiil^ with the belly rufous; the crown 



and lunule on the base of the neck black. 

 Cancroma cochlearia. Lin?i. Si/st, Nat. 1. 233. 1. — Gmel. Syst. 



Nat, 1. 617,— Lath. Lid. Orn. 2.67I. 1. 

 Cancroma canerofaga. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 233. 2. female ?— 



Gmel. Syst. Nat. l\ 6\8. female? 

 Cochlearius. Briss. Orn. 5. 500. 1. 

 Cochlearius fuscus. Briss. Orn. 5. 509- 2. female \ 

 Cochlearius naevius. Briss. Orn. 5. 508. var. 

 Gallinula aquatica, Tamatia. Bmi. Syn, 12, 

 Le Saracou. Birff: Ois. 7. 443. pi. 23.— Buff. PI, Enl. 3S. 

 Le Cuilliere brune. Buff. Ois. 7. 443. female?— £z{f. PL EnL 



869. female ? 

 Brown Boatbill. Lath. Gen, Syn. 5. 28. female ? 

 Spotted Boatbill. Lath. Gen, Syn. 5. 27. var. 

 Boat-Bill. Broivn. lllust, Zool. Q2.pl. 3^. — Lath. Gen. Syn, 5» 



26. pi. 76. 



Size of a Fowl : length twenty-two inches : 

 the beak is four inches long, and mostly dusky, 

 though in some individuals it is dark brown : the 

 skin between the under jaw capable of being dis- 

 tended : from the occiput arises a long black 

 crest, the feathers of which it is composed being 

 narrow, and ending in a point ; the middle ones 

 are six inches in length ; the others lessen by 

 degrees to one inch, which is the length of the 



