CUSHEW. 
Crax Pauxi. 
Le Hocco du Mexique. 
Cushew Bird. 
CuSHEW CuRASSO. 
Lin. Syst. i. p. 27 0, 5. 
Bns. Om. i. p. 3 0 2. 14. 
Edw. p. 2 95. 
Lath. Syn. ii. p. 6 9 6. 
This subject is a native of Mexico, where it is known by the name of 
Pauxi. It is of the size of the Curasso, but is of a more elegant form. It 
differs likewise in the head, which in the Cushew is not crested, the swell- 
ing of the base of the bill is also larger, and very hard, of the size of a pear, 
and of a fine blue colour. The bill is red, stronger, and more hooked than 
the Curasso. 
The upper part of the plumage is of a rich black, with intermixtures of 
blue and purple ; the lower belly and under coverts of the tail are white, 
the tail is likewise tipped with white ; the legs are flesh colour. 
In their wild state, they perch on the highest trees, but form their nests 
on the ground; they are very gentle, or, more properly speaking, stupid, 
as they have been known to keep their station, though fired at several 
times. 
They are chiefly found in uninhabited situations, a circumstance which 
accounts, in some respects, for their being so extremely rare and valuable, 
very few having ever been brought to Europe : the one which is described 
by Edwards, from the Duke of Portland’s Collection, and two very fine 
specimens in the Osterly Menagery, being the only specimens upon re- 
cord as having been ever met with in this country. 
