Order  V.  GALLINJ5. 
Family  I.  Cracid^. 
The  second  Subfamily, 
CRACINiE,  or  Curassows, 
have  the  Bill  more  or  less  long,  and  generally  elevated  at  the  base,  the  culmen  curved,  and  the  sides 
compressed  to  the  tip,  which  is  obtuse;  the  Nostrils  lateral  and  large,  with  the  opening  partly  closed  by 
a membrane,  crescent-shaped  or  rounded. 
Crax  Linn.* 
Bill  moderate,  with  the  culmen  and  lateral  margins  much  curved,  and  the  sides  compressed  to  the  tip, 
which  is  obtuse ; the  base  of  both  mandibles  covered  by  a naked  cere,  in  which  are  jplaced  the  nostrils, 
with  the  opening  large,  crescent-shaped,  and  exposed.  Wings  rather  short  and  rounded,  with  the 
sixth  to  the  eighth  quills  equal  and  longest.  Tail  long  and  rounded.  Tarsi  robust,  longer  than  the 
Raiddle  toe,  and  covered  in  front  by  broad  scales.  Toss  long,  strong  and  prominently  scutellated,  the 
lateral  toes  equal ; the  claws  moderate,  compressed,  and  curved. 
The  species  of  this  geuus  are  found  in  the  woods  of  Tropical  America.  They  are  generally  observed  together  in 
numerous  flocks,  searching  for  worms,  insects,  fruits,  and  seeds  of  plants  on  which  they  subsist.  The  nests  are  built  on 
trees,  and  are  formed  externally  of  branches  interlaced  with  the  stalks  of  herbaceous  plants  and  lined  with  leaves.  The 
nggs  are  five  or  six  in  number. 
!•  C,  alector  Linn.  Briss.  Orn.  1.  t.  29.  — Crax  fasciolata  Spis 
Av.  Bras.  t.  62.  a. 
2.  Cf.  gh})icera  Linn.  Albin,  Birds,  ii.  pi.  SI.  — Crax  Albin 
Less.  PI.  enl.  86.  > Shaw,  Nat.  Misc.  pi.  117.? 
3.  C.  globulosa  Spix,  Av.  Bras.  t.  65,  66.,  Edwards’  Birds,  pi 
95.  f.  ] , — Crax  globicera  var.  Lath. 
4.  C.  carunculata  Temm.  Pig.  & Gall.  iii.  t.  4.  f.  3.  — Cra: 
Yarrellii  Benn.  Proc.  Z.  S.  18.30,  p.  33.;  Gard.  & Menag.  Zool 
Soc.  ii.  p.  227.  tig.  Jard.  & Selby,  111.  Orn.  n.  3.  pi.  6.  ; C.  rubri- 
rostris  Spix,  Av.  Bras.  t.  67- 
5.  C.  rubra  Linn.  Albin,  Birds,  iii.  pi.  40.,  Lath.  Gen.  Syn.  pi.  6,3. 
— Crax  peruviana  Briss,  ; C.  Temniinckii  'F&chudi,  PI.  enl.  125. ; 
Diet.  Univ.  d’Hist.  Nat.  Ois.  t.  7-  f-  1- 1 Gard.  & Menag.  Zool. 
Soc.  ii.  p.  225. ; C.  Blunienbachii  Spix,  Av.  Bras.  t.  64. 
6.  C.  urumutum  Spix,  Av.  Bras.  t.  62. 
* it  was  in  1744  that  Linnteus  established  the  above  name  {Systema  Natural). 
