crooked, like that of an Eagle: cere white : found the eyes
bare of feathers, and of a deep yellow or orange-colour : the
irides pale grey : the upper eye-lid befet with ftrong briftles,
like eye-lalhesr the head, neck, breaft, and upper parts of the
body, are of a blueifh alh-colour : baftard wing, prime quills
vent, and thighs, black; in the laft, the feathers have white tips :
tail rounded, brownifh afh; the end, for above an inch, black;
the tip white: the two middle feathers-the fame in colour as
the others, but more than as. long again- as any of them : the
legs are very long, ftouter than thofe of a Heron, and of a
brown colour: clawslhortifh, but crooked, not very lharp, and
of a black colour : from the hind head fprings a number of
ong feathers, which hang loofe behind, like- a pendent creft -
thefe feathers arife by pairs, and are longer as they are lower
down on the neck : this creft the'bird can ered or dfeprefs at
pleafure: it is o f a dark colour, almoft black: the webs are
equal on both fides, and rather curled,- and the feathers, when-
erected, fomewhat incline towards the neck.
. Thls flnSular rPecies inhabits the internal parts of Africa, and
is frequently feen at the Cape of Good Hope. It is alfo metrwith
in the Philippine IJlands *.
The defcnption I have given above; was taken from three
which were alike, which I faw in England alive, fome years fince;
two of which are now in. the Leverian Mufeum. From confine*
ment, they had loft their two long tail-feathers; but this want
was kmdLy fupplied by Ibme accurate drawings, which Mr,
Banks favoured me with, taken from the life, at the Cape. Thefe
* Son. Voy. p. gg.
were