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highly esteemed. Dr. Gaumer states that the bones are said to be poisonous to cats 
and dogs. 
2. Crax panamensis. 
Crax globicera, Lath. (nec Linn.), Ind. Orn. ii. p. 6241; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 127; ix. 
p- 189°; v. Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 873‘; Scl. & Salv. P. Z.S. 1870, p. 513°; Scl. Tr. 
Z. S. ix. p. 274 (part.)°; x. p. 548, t. 897; Boucard, P. Z.S. 1878, p. 42°; Nutting, Pr. 
U.S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 408°; vi. p. 408"; Richmond, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 524"; 
Underwood, Ibis, 1896, p. 448 ”. 
Craz rubra, Steph. (nec Linn.), in Shaw’s Gen. Zool. xi. p. 168, t. 9°; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. 
p. 301 ™. 
Craz alberti, Fraser, P.Z.S. 1850, p. 246, tt. 27, 28 (part., 2)”. 
Crax sp., Scl. & Salv. P. Z.S. 1864, p. 371". 
Craz panamensis, Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 479'7; Handb. Game-Birds, ii. p. 205 * ; 
Festa, Boll. Mus. Torino, xiv. no. 361, p. 1”. 
C. globicere similis, sed rectricibus anguste albo marginatis distinguenda. Long. tota circa 35:0, ale 14-6, 
caudee 13:0, tarsi 4-2. (Descr. maris adulti ex Lion Hill, Panama. Mus. nostr.) 
2. C. globicere similis, sed rectricibus albo vel dilute fulvo, supra et infra distincte fasciatis. Long. tota 32-0, 
ale 14-4. (Descr. femine adult ex Panama. Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Nicaracva, Los Sdbalos, E. of Lake of Nicaragua (Nutting 1°), Rio Escondido 
(Richmond); Costa Rica®7, San José (Carmiol®, v. Frantzius+*), Valza 
(Carmiol 1"), Sarapiqui (v. Frantzius +), San Carlos, Volcan de Irazu, Naranjo 
(Boucard’), La Palma, Gulf of Nicoya (Nutting®), Rio Frio (Richmond 13), 
Miravalles (Underwood 1”); Panama 254, Lion Hill 1617 (M‘Leannan). 
The Curassow inhabiting the country from Nicaragua to Panama has been separated 
by Mr. Ogilvie-Grant from C. globicera on somewhat slight grounds. He says that the 
males of both species are alike, except that in C. panamensis the tail-feathers are 
slightly margined with white, while those of the female are strongly barred, both 
above and below, with white or pale buff, the tail-feathers of the latter sex in some 
specimens of C. globicera being faintly barred on the upperside only. Von Frantzius 
states that he saw this species first in a wild state on the Sarapiqui River +, but he 
afterwards frequently met with it domesticated, and that when captured young the 
bird is easily reared, the flesh being considered excellent. In Costa Rica, like its 
northern ally of Mexico and Guatemala, this bird is known to the Indians as “ Pahuil,” 
and doubtless the habits of the two species are similar. Mr. Champion noticed 
C. panamensis on the Pacific slope of the Volcan de Chiriqui, but specimens were not 
preserved. 
8. Crax chapmani. 
Crax chapmani, Nelson, Pr. Biol. Soc. Washington, xiv. p. 170°. 
Hab. Mexico, 8. & KE. Yucatan, §. Campeche (Nelson & Goldman *). 
Mr. Nelson has founded this species on a single female obtained at Puerto Morelos, 
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