( i8i ) 
Herbert, in his Travels, Lond. 1677, has 
figured and defcribed it, p.282 — 3. My 
figure being much larger than any of the 
foregoing, has given me opportunity to 
exprefs its parts more did imftly. 
The Guiney Pig, being a well-known 
animal with us, is placed with the Dodo 
only to give a true idea of its magnitude: 
it is drawn from life. Marcgrave calls it 
Cavia Cobaia Braftlienf See his figure, 
p. 224. It is doubtful whether Guiney 
in Africa, or Brafil was originally its na- 
tive place. 
ages *. Com me via figure eft phis grande 
quaucune des precedentes , jai eu la fa - 
cihte d' exprimer les parties de Voifeau di- 
ftinBement . 
Le Cochon d'Inde etant an animal fort 
comm parmi nous , n eft mis avec le Dodo, 
que pour donncr tine jufte idee de fa gran- 
deur : il eft tire d'apres l' animal me me. 
Marcgrave I'appelle Cavia Cobaia Brafili— 
enf. *f* fie ne fyais s'il eft de G in nee en 
AJ'rique , on du BreftL 
* Publies a Londres en 1677* p. 282—3. 
f Voi. fa figure, p. 224. 
CHAP. LXXXV. P L A. 295. 
Tie Curasso-Bird, and the LO iseau de Curas s a u, et 
Cushew-Bird. le C u s c o. 
'“jp II E S E birds are greatly reduced be- S oifeaux font confide rabkment reduits 
A low their natural fize, which is ^ audejjous de leur grandeur naturelk, qui 
nearly that of a Hen Turkey. They eft a pen pres celle d'une Poule d'Inde. 1 /s 
are drawn from life 3 the CurafTo-Bird, font tires d'apres les ft jets mimes \ I'Oifeau 
fig. 1, by myfelf; and the Cufhew-Bird, de CuraJ/au, fig . 1, par mot -me me 4 et le 
fig. 2, by a Gentleman in the lerviee of Cufco , Jig. 2, par un Gentilhomme de la Juite 
his Grace the Duke of Portland. de Jon Altejfe le Ducde Portland . 
The CurafTo-Bird being in mod: refpedls Cornrne I'Oifeau de Curaffau rejfemble a 
like the Cufhew-Bird, I fhall only note bien des egards an Cufco , je me cent enter a i 
wherein it differs from the latter; Its bill de remarquer en quoi il en differ e: Le bee 
is black at the point, and is covered at ejl noir a la point e, et convert d'une peau 
its balls with a yellow fkin : above the jaune d la baje : il a audejfus du bee, enire 
bill, between the nofirils, it hath a round les nafeaux , un bouton rondelet , dur et de 
hard knob of a yellow colour ; and on its couleur jaune : il a aujji fur la tete line huppe 
head is a crefi of long black feathers, de longues plumes noires, dont la pointe fe 
which turn forward at their points. (See renverfe en devant : on en voit , au bas de 
one of the creft-feathers, of its natural la planche, une de fa grandeur naturelk. 11 
fize, at the bottom of the plate.) It hath na pas , comme 1 ' autre, le bout de la queue 
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