16 THE NATURAL HISTORY _ 
St Afhton Lever’s Mufeum, there is a Tur- 
key with a large tuft of feathers on its head. 
A fecond fpecies of the Turkey is called the | | 
‘Guan, the head is furnifhed with long feathers, 
of the head are covered with a naked purplifh 
fkin, in which the eyes are placed; beneath the 
_ throat there is a loofe fkin of a beautiful red, cO- 
vered only with a few hairs. The legs are red, 
and the claws black. | 
Jt inhabits Brazil in South Aenerica, 1s often 
tamed, it makes a noife like the word Jacu, and 
- the flefh is a delicate food. 
_ Another {pecies is called the Horned Turkey 5 a 
behind each eye is a flefhy callous blue fubftance, 
like horns; on the fore part of the neck and 
throat is a feof blue flap, fpotted with orange 3 
the neck and breaft are of a reddifh orange, and 
the reft of the body of a reddith brown, fpotted 
with white eyes or moons, which a are furrounded 
with black, 
It inhabits Bengal, and is in fize between a a 
Fowl and Turkey. 
Another fpecies is called the Yacou ; | the head 
feathers are long, and pointed, and when the 
bird chufes, may be raifed like a creft: it hasa 
blue fkin round the eyes, which does not change 
| | ~ @olour 

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_ which the Guan can raife like a creft; the fides — 

