John called it the crested curassow-the crax alector.
"On the Banks of the Amazon"
W.H.G. Kingston
Of this bird, Professor Owen observes, "On comparing the osteology of the 'Talegalla' with that of other birds, it exhibits all the essential modifications which characterize the gallinaceous tribe; and among the Rasores, it most nearly resembles the genera Penelope and crax."
"The Bushman Life in a New Country"
Edward Wilson Landor
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.
"Adventures of a Young Naturalist"
Lucien Biart