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not the tail tipped with white. In other 
refpe&s thefe birds are alike. The hen of 
this fpecies varies from the cock in want- 
ing the knob on the bill, and in having 
the feathers diverfified of brown, black, 
and afh-coloured, in tranfverfe lines: 
others are wholly of a reddifh-brown, 
with many varieties, as is common in do- 
meftic fowls. Sloane, in his Jamaica, 
vol. II. p. 302, tab. 260, has this bird, 
which he calls G alius Indicus, See. But 
where he fays the tail is not above two 
inches long, if you read ten inches, it 
will be nearer the truth. (See the ana- 
tomical defeription of this bird in Mem. 
de TAcad. Royale, tom. Ill, prem. par. 
pag. 223.) Sir Hans Sloane has enume- 
rated all the authors before his time, who 
have wrote on this bird. I drew this 
from the life at the houfe of the late Sir 
Charles Wager, in Chelfea. It is to be 
noted, that neither of the birds here 
figured have the knobs over their bills 
in their fir ft year. 
The Cufhew-Bird takes its name from 
the knob over its bill, which in fhape much 
refembles an American nut called Cufhew. 
This knob is of a fine blue colour, as is 
the bafis of the upper mandible of the 
bill ; the remainder of the bill is red ; the 
eyes have reddifh-brown irides. The 
whole bird is of a deep finning black 
colour, refle< 5 ling blue and purplifh glofleS} 
except the lower part of the belly, the 
covert-feathers under the tail, and the tips 
of the tail-feathers, which are white. 
The legs and feet are covered with a fcaly 
fkin of a dark flefh-colour. 
Whether this laft-defcribed bird be fpe- 
cifically the fame with the foregoing, I 
am at a lofs abfolutely to determine. I 
know it is very rare with us in compa- 
rifon to the CurafTo, which is common in 
the aviaries of our Nobility who are cu- 
rious in birds. I have leen but one Cufhew- 
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blanc. Ces oifeaux font femblables d tom 
autres egards . La femelle de cette efpece 
dfffae du male en ce quelle na point de bou- 
ton fur le bee, et en ce quelle a le plumage 
varil de brun, de noir, et de couleur de cen - 
dre, en Ugnes tranfuerfales : d' autres font 
tout d'un brim rougedtre y varie de different es 
manieres, comme notre volaille domejlique *. 
Le Chevalier Hans Sloane a donne cet oifcau y 
quil appelle Coq d'Inde ; mais ou il dit qua 
la queue n a pas plus de deux pouces de long % 
Ji vous lifez dix y vous ferez plus pres de la 
vente. II a fait aujji I enumeration de torn 
les auteurs qui ont parle de cet oifeau avant 
lui “f*. jf'ai tire cette figure d'apres un fu - 
jet vivant y qui etoit chez le Chevalier Charle 
JVager d Chelfey. II faut remar quer , que 
m Vun m V autre de ces oifeau x n a de bouton 
fur le bee dam fa premiere amice. 
Le Cufco prend fin nom du bouton quil a 
fur le bec y et dont la figure refiemble beauconp 
d une noix d'Amerique, qu'on y appelle Cuf- 
co J. Ce bouton efi d'un tres beau bleu y de - 
me me que la bafe Juperieure du bec y dont le 
refie efi rouge : I iris des yeux efi d'un brim 
rongedtre. Lout I oifeau efi d'un noir fonce 
eclattanty qui refiechit des endes de bleu et de 
pourpre, excepte le has du ventre, les plumes 
de couverture du dejjous de la queue, et la 
pointe des plumes de la queue meme , qui 
font blanches. Les jambes et les pattes font 
convert es d'une peau par ecailles , d'un cou- 
leur de chair force. 
Je ne fiaurois decider pofitivement Ji cet 
oifeau efi de la meme efpecc que le precedent . 
* Voi. la delcnption anatomique de cet oifeau dans les 
Mem. de PAcad. des Sciences, tom. III. prem. part, 
pag. 223. 
f Ga/lus Indie us, Jamaica, tom. II. pag. 302, tab. 260. 
I Ne feroit-ce point aufii de Cufco* ancienne ville ca- 
pitate du Perou ? 
