272 CRACIDA, 
p- 897; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 518, 838°; Sumichr. La Nat. ii. p. 37°; v. p. 229”; 
Lawr. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 44"'; Boucard, P. Z.S. 1883, p. 459; Ridgw. Pr. 
U.S. Nat. Mus. viii. p. 581"; Ferrari-Perez, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 175"; Grant, Cat. 
Birds Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 478%; Handb. Game-Birds, ii. p. 203». 
Craz rubra, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 270”. 
Craz alector (nec Linn.), Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 6237; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 223%; Moore, 
P. Z. 8. 1859, p. 61. 
Crax temmincki, Tschudi, Faun. Per. p. 287”. 
Crazx pseudalector, Reichenb. Tauben, p. 131, t. 174. figs. 15, 16”. 
Crax edwardsi, Reichenb. loc. cit. p. 134”. 
Nigra, viridi adumbrata; abdomine medio, hypochondriis et subcaudalibus albis: rostro nigricanti-corneo, 
tubere flavo internasali instructo; pedibus grisescenti-corneis ; iride saturate brunnea. Long. tot. circa 
35°0, ale 15-7, caude 14:0, tarsi 4:6. (Descr. maris adulti ex N. Yucatan. Mus. nostr.) 
@ mari dissimilis; pileo, collo et gutture nigris alboque fasciatis, criste plumis medialiter albo late fasciatis ; 
interscapulio et prapectore nigris, viridi adumbratis, et rufo lavatis vel marginatis ; dorso postico fere 
brunnescenti-castaneo ; cauda nigra, rectricibus medianis fere castaneo marmoratis, fasciis paucis flavi- 
canti-albidis ; tectricibus alarum remigibusque castaneis, nigro variegatis; pectore saturate castaneo, 
corpore reliquo subtus pallidiore magis cinnamomeo. Long. tota circa 35:0, ale 14°5. (Deser. femine 
adulte ex Savana Grande. Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Mexico ?!, Sierra Madre above Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, and Chimalapa 
(Richardson *) ,Misantla (Ferrari-Perez ©), Vera Cruz (Sallé?, Ferrari-Perez \4), 
Tapana, Tehuantepec (Sumichrast}), North Yucatan !215, Cozumel I. 67 1515 
(Gaumer); GuaTemaLA!®, Lake of Peten and Chilomo (Leyland), Savana 
Grande }*, Raxché, Vera Paz® (0. S.); Honpuras, Lake of Yojoa (Taylor +), San 
Pedro ( Whitely 8). 
This Curassow is distinguished by the female having the crest black barred with 
white, the general colour of the secondaries chestnut, and either no bars on the tail- 
feathers or with the bars slightly indicated on the upperside only. The male is of a. 
uniform black, with a swollen knob at the base of the upper mandible, and no wattles 
are present at the base of the lower mandible; the tail, too, is not tipped with white. 
C. globicera is strictly a forest species, frequenting uninhabited districts and is 
generally met with in pairs, though the males sometimes roam about alone. In the 
morning and evening this bird is usually found perched upon the trees and feeding on 
fruit, but during the day spends its time chiefly on the ground scratching in the leaves 
in search of food and is very wary, constantly listening for, and immediately taking 
flight at, the approach of danger. In Guatemala, where perhaps the species is less 
persecuted than in parts of Mexico, we found it comparatively tame and when perched 
upon a tree would allow a sportsman to get within gunshot without betraying 
alarm. The call resembles the distant roaring of the “tiger,” or, as Dr. Gaumer 
describes it, ‘the gentle blowing in the bunghole of a barrel.” To the natives of 
both Mexico and Guatemala the Curassow is known by the name “ Pahuil,” and 
may often be seen about their villages in a domesticated state, the flesh being 
