. Animals in menageries. as the plumage in a young state:when more advanced in age, the head and hind part ofthe neck became deep black; the crest black, with awhite band ; the upper part of the belly white; thelower part, vent, and thighs pale yellowish brown. This species is said to inhabit Guiana. Temminckdescribes the two following as hybrids, but upon whatauthority does not appear. The first is dull brown,having the upper part of the belly white ; the last black,with four white bands, and the feathers of the crestN 3 •182 ANIMALS IN MENAGERIES. tipt with white. The second has the body bla
. Animals in menageries. as the plumage in a young state:when more advanced in age, the head and hind part ofthe neck became deep black; the crest black, with awhite band ; the upper part of the belly white; thelower part, vent, and thighs pale yellowish brown. This species is said to inhabit Guiana. Temminckdescribes the two following as hybrids, but upon whatauthority does not appear. The first is dull brown,having the upper part of the belly white ; the last black,with four white bands, and the feathers of the crestN 3 •182 ANIMALS IN MENAGERIES. tipt with white. The second has the body black, bandedwith rufous; the crest white, tipt with black ; and theneck alternately banded with white and black. The Red Curassow. Ciax rubra, Linn. Plumage chestnut; neck transversely lineated with whiteand black ; tail banded with whitish ; cere black ;sides of the head feathered. Crax rubra, Linn., Auct., Temminck, Gall. Ind. 687. HoccoCoaclitli, Temminck, Gall. iii. 21. Hocco de Perou, Bvffon,PL E»l. 125. {Fig. 27.). This species, which, like the two preceding, is of thesize of a turkey, may be at once known by its chestnutplumage: whether or no the other birds, placed byM. Temminck as hybrids, and by Dr. Latham as varieties,are really such, or distinct species, there are at presentno means of determining. The red curassow has the crest black, with a band ofwhite in the middle : the forehead, sides of the head,and the top of the neck are pure white, e?.ch featherbeing fringed or edged with black : the whole of thebody, both above and below, is of a uniform chestnutbrown ; the tail is the same, crossed with eight or nineyellowish white bars, freckled with minute dusky spots. WATTLED CURASSOW. 183 and bounded above and beneath with blackish : the legsare yellow. Dr. Latham says that the base of the biU^over which the cere extends, is gibbous, but variesgreatly in degree according to the age of tlie bird; andthat it is always smallest in the females : he furtheradds, that the
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