. A dictionary of birds . MiTLA. Crax. curious frontalknob alreadymentioned, whilethe latter has theculmen of its shortand greatly com-pressed bill ele-vated and further par- (^er Swainson.) ticulars of the Curassows may be gathered from two other papersby Mr. Sclater {Trans. Zool. Soc. ix. pp. 273-288, pis. 40-53, and 543-546, pis. 89-95), which are illustrated copiously and mostlyfrom living examples, for these birds thrive well in confinement,though the hopes once entertained of their capacity for domestica-tion have been disappointed.^ The Cracidse are one of the mostcha

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. A dictionary of birds . MiTLA. Crax. curious frontalknob alreadymentioned, whilethe latter has theculmen of its shortand greatly com-pressed bill ele-vated and further par- (^er Swainson.) ticulars of the Curassows may be gathered from two other papersby Mr. Sclater {Trans. Zool. Soc. ix. pp. 273-288, pis. 40-53, and 543-546, pis. 89-95), which are illustrated copiously and mostlyfrom living examples, for these birds thrive well in confinement,though the hopes once entertained of their capacity for domestica-tion have been disappointed.^ The Cracidse are one of the mostcharacteristic Families of the K^eotropical Region, outside of whichbut few of them and none of the Cradnix. go, and are especiallyabundant in Central and the north parts of South America, fewl)eing found in Paraguay, and none in Patagonia or Chili. CURLEW, in French Courlis or Corlieu, a name given to two])irds, of whose cry it is an imitation, both belonging to the groupLimicola, but possessing very different habits and fe

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