jC'Ae, Carafew U t fl
The Carafow Cock and Hen,
Numb. XXXI, [XXXIL
T HIS Bird is almoft as big as a Turkey; its Bill thick and hooked at the
M i l » ParttyClnere°us and partly yellow; on the Bafe of the upper
Mandible is a round hard Excrefcence of the Bignefs of a Nutmeg, of a
yellow Colour; the Eyes black, the Irides crimfon with a Border of white •
the Head and Neck covered with'Feathers of a deep black like Velvet-
on its Head was a Creft of curled black Feathers with white Tips turn-
mg up fpirally as far as the Beginning of the Neck, which they can
ered or let fall at Pleafure. All the reft of the Bird is Black, excepting
the lower Part of the Belly about the Vent, which is white, with a Mark
of the fame Colour acrofs the Thigh; the Legs and Feet are of a pale
ferrugineous Colour.. r
The Head and Neck of the Hen were black; the Tips of fome of
the Neck-Feathers white with a broad Stripe of white acrofs the middle
of the Creft; the Bill was cinereous; the Excrefcence on the Bafe yellow.
The Breaft and lower Part of. the Neck, Back, and Wings were of
a dusky brown, the middle of the Belly white; the Tips of fome of
the Feathers black; the Thighs and Parts about the Vent of a pale yel-
lowiih brownthe Tail black, with four Bars of white at equal Di-
ftances acrois i t ; the Legs and Feet cinereous.
I took the Pourtray of this Bird at Mr. Berrisford's at Chemlsford in
BJJex-: it was very tame and fociable, eating and drinking with any
Company. ]
The Cock I had of a Man from the W ’Jl-Indies. They are generally
brought from Carafow, from whence they take their Name. They are
called by the lndiansi Tecuecholi Mountain-Bird, or American Pheafant.