6<)2 C U R A S S O W.
be elevated Into a confpicuous creft; thofe on the head, neck,,
and breaft, comparable to velvet: the whole of the plumage is
black, except the belly, and under the tail, which are of a brown,
colour, almoft like that of a Partridge: the tail is a foot in
length.
This is a mere variety of the male, which, as well as the
female, differs exceedingly in plumage, efpecially when in a.ftate:
Qf domefticity.
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V ar. B'.
M ale.. Hocco, Faifan de la Guiane, Pl. enl. 86.
D escription. tjp H I S differs in haying the tip ©f the tail white.
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V ar. C;
Male.
D escription«
Lev. Mufi
Further variety of the male has a white creft,. tipped with,
black:, the neck alternately barred with black and white;,
and the breaft marked with narrow bars of white,, three quarters
of an inch afunder: the fore part of the neck is brown, , as far as
the belly; and the thighs are alfo brown : the vent is white.
This variety is in the heverian Mufeum -, where is one much the
fame,, except in the tail, which is barred alternate with black and
white,