hocco

The clucking of a bird of the gallinaceous order, called the hocco -- _Crax alector_ -- interrupted our discussion, and my two companions carefully proceeded towards a dark-foliaged tree, a little outside the edge of the forest.

Aventures d'un jeune naturaliste. English Lucien Biart 1863

The next day, just as we were starting, l'Encuerado killed a hocco.

Aventures d'un jeune naturaliste. English Lucien Biart 1863

Now the jaguar — the beautiful panther of America — appears upon the shore; and now the hocco, * with its black plumage and tufted head, moves slowly along the sausos.

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

Here are also two species of the powise, or hocco, and two of the small wild turkeys called maroudi: they feed on the ripe fruits of the forest and are found in all directions in these extensive wilds.

Wanderings in South America Charles Waterton 1823

America -- appears upon the shore; and now the hocco, * (* Ceyx alector, the peacock-pheasant; C. pauxi, the cashew-bird.) with its black plumage and tufted head, moves slowly along the sausos.

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814