Aug. 1922. Game Birds — Osgood & Conover. 29 



tions in having the crest feathers white except for a black tip and 

 narrow black base. 



In the Rio Cogollo region this species was very plentiful, a num- 

 ber being killed, and many more seen. They spend the greater part 

 of their time on the ground, and seem to prefer to trust to their legs 

 rather than their wings in escaping. If come upon suddenly they will 

 flush into trees, where by quiet approach a shot can generally be 

 obtained. The male birds appear to be solitary and much wilder than 

 the hens, which were seen in flocks of from three to six. According 

 to the natives they lay two eggs and build their nests in tall trees. 



At an isolated water hole near Lagunillas, a male and two females 

 of this species were watched as they came to drink. They approached 

 with extreme caution, stopping frequently, craning their necks, and 

 looking about alertly. The male, especially, had a very stately appear- 

 ance and at a distance of a hundred yards, as seen through a light 

 network of slender vines and scraggly bushes, was a very conspicuous 

 object. On arriving at the bank of the pool, first one bird and then 

 another would essay a few feet down the open bank and then suddenly 

 turn and rush back to the cover. Finally when one had become bold 

 enough to proceed entirely to the waters' edge, the others joined it 

 and all remained there drinking and walking about for some ten 

 minutes. 



Local name, Panjil. 



Pauxi pauxi Linnaeus. 



La Azulita, i. 



Found only at La Azulita, where a male was secured. Here also 

 a native brought in two tame birds, which he claimed to have raised 

 from chicks. 



These curassows appear to prefer the steep sides of forested 

 mountains in country which the natives call "muy pendiente." Al- 

 though hard to obtain, they were abundant in certain localities, their 

 characteristic call being heard whenever we travelled far into the woods. 

 This call was a deep moaning "Oom, Oom", which carried great dis- 

 tances. Several times on hearing the call an attempt was made to 

 obtain a shot only to find after travelling some distance that the birds 

 were still far down the mountainside. From the edge of a steep can- 

 yon one morning this moaning call was heard coming up from near the 

 bottom more than five hundred feet below. A short distance below 

 the crest a single bird was luckily encountered feeding in a little side 



