See also:

• CURASSOW (Cracinae)

CURASSOW (Cracinae)  , a See also:

• GROUP

group of gallinaceous birds forming one of the subfamilies of Cracidae, the See also:

• SPECIES

species of which are among the largest and most splendid of the See also:

• GAME

game birds of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AMERICA

America, where they may be said to represent the pheasants of the Old See also:

• WORLD

World . They are large, heavy birds, many of them rivalling the See also:

• TURKEY

turkey in See also:

• SIZE

size, with See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short wings, See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long and broad tail, and strong See also:

• BILL

bill . In See also:

• COMMON

common with the See also:

• FAMILY

family to which they belong, they have the See also:

• HIND

hind toe of the See also:

• FOOT

foot placed on a level with the others, thus resembling the pigeons, and unlike the See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority of gallinaceous birds . With the exception of a single species found See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of See also:

• PANAMA

Panama, the curassows are confined to the tropical forests of South America, .See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of the See also:

• ANDES

Andes, and not extending south of See also:

• PARAGUAY

Paraguay . They live in small flocks, and are arboreal in their habits, only occasionally descending to the See also:

• CURATOR (Lat. for " one who takes care," curare, to take care of)

CURATOR ground, while always roosting and See also:

• BUILDING

building their nests on the branches of trees . Their nests are neat structures, made of slender branches interlaced with stems of grass, and lined internally with leaves . They feed on fruits, seeds and See also:

• INSECTS

insects . They are often tamed in several parts of South America, but have never been thoroughly domesticated anywhere . Large See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers of these birds were, according to K . J . Temminck, brought to See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland from Dutch See also:

• GUIANA (Guyana, Guayana')

Guiana towards the end of the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and got so completely acclimatized and domesticated as to breed in confinement like See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary poultry; but the establishments in which these were kept were broken up during the troubles that followed on the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French Revolution . Their flesh is said to be exceedingly See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white and delicate, and this, together with their size and the beauty of their plumage, would make the curassows an important gain to the poultry yards of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, if they were not such See also:

• BAD, BCD

bad breeders .

The subfamily of curassows contains four genera and twelve species, all confined to South America, with the exception of Crax globicera—a Central See also:

• AMERICAN

American species, which extends northward into See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico . This See also:

• BIRD

bird is about 3 ft. in length, of a glossy See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour over the whole See also:

• BODY

body, excepting the See also:

• ABDOMEN (a Latin word, either from abdere, to hide, or from a form adipomen, from adeps, fat)

abdomen and tail coverts, which are white . In common with the other species of this genus its See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head bears a See also:

• CREST
• CREST (Lat. crista, a plume or tuft)

crest of feathers curled forward at the tips, which can be raised or depressed at will . The See also:

• FEMALE

female is of a reddish-See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown colour, although varying greatly in this respect, and was formerly .described as a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate species—the red See also:

• CURASSOW (Cracinae)

curassow . In another species, Crax incommode, the greater See also:

• PART

part of the black plumage is beautifully varied with narrow transverse bars of white . The galeated curassow (Pauxi galeata) is See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar in having a large See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue tubercle, hard and stony externally, but cellular within, and resembling a See also:

• HEN

hen's See also:

• EGG (O.E. aeg, cf. Ger. Ei, Swed. aegg, and prob. Gr. u,ov, Lat. ovum)
• EGG, AUGUSTUS LEOPOLD (1816-1863)

egg in size and shape, situated at the See also:

• BASE

base of the See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill . It only appears after the first moulting, and is much larger in the male than in the female .