CRIMSON-CRESTED TOURACO. 
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now illustrating, we have little hesitation in intro- 
ducing it in this Work, particularly as it is one of 
those few remarkable birds whose identity, as a 
species, does not require a personal examination. 
M.Vieillot, indeed, seems to be the only one who has 
made his description from the bird itself. M. 
Temminck has copied this, but without any al- 
ledged reason, attempted to set aside the original 
specific name. Its genus, in fact, is not Musophaga , 
but Corythaix , instituted by Illiger in 1811, long 
before M. Yieillot proposed that of Opwlhus. 
The specimen which was seen by M. Vieillot was 
alive in Paris, and belonged to Madame Pauline de 
Kanchoup. It was gentle and familiar, but it did not 
long survive the change of climate and of nourish- 
ment. The substance of M. Vieillot’s account may 
he thus stated : — 
The size is not exactly specified, but from the 
scale expressed upon the place, it appears to be of 
the general form and dimensions of the last species. 
The crest is red, composed of a great number of 
delicate hair-like feathers which are elevated on each 
side and compressed so as to form a ridge, not un- 
like that of an antique helmet-; this crest is con- 
tinued to the back of the nape, where the feathers 
begin to assume the same direction as those of the 
neck ; a large patch of white spreads round the eye, 
the sides of the head, ears, and chin ; the bill is 
pure yellow, inclining to orange. The eyes are large, 
red, and very brilliant, and the eyelids have a few 
purple spots. The general colour of the plumage is 
