N* i . Horned Scr. N° 2. Crefted Scr.
i.
HORNED SCR.
D e s c r i p t io n *
Pl. LXXIV.
BI L L bending down at the point* with a horn, or with a
tuft of feathers eredt near the bafe of it.
Noftrils oval.
Toes divided almoft to their origin, with a fmall membrane
between the bottoms of each.
Palamedea cornuta, tin. Syfi. i. p. 232. 1.
LeKamichy, Brif. Or«. v. p. 518. i.— Buf.Oi/. vii. p. 33j. pi. ,8 ._
PL Enl. 451.
Anhima, Rail Syn. p. 96; 7.— Will. Orn* p. 276. pi. 47.
Aigle d’eau,cornu, Defer. Surin• ii. p. 143*
Camoucle, Mem. fur Cayen. ii. p, 286. pi. 4.
g I Z E of a 2 a r% .• length three feet four inches. The bill
two inches and a quarter long, and black; the upper mandible
a little gibbous at the bafe, the under (hutting beneath it,
as in the gallinaceous tribe : the noftrils oval and pervious, and
placed near the middle of the bill : from the crown of the head
fprings a (lender horn of more than three inches in length, and
pointed at the end: the irides are the colour of gold : the plumage
on the head, neck, and upper part of the body, is black,
margined with grey on the firft, and downy : fome of the feathers
round the neck are likewife edged with the fame : the under
5 parts / Cf ' JB tf u/rrtM , )