3, MiTUA. 485 



the middle pair of feathers, which are termiculated towards the 

 niarf^ins with rufous huff. Lores and a large naked s])ace sur- 

 rounding the eye pale yellow above and purplish below; bill 

 scarlet : legs and teet flesh-colour. Total length 24 inches, wing 

 11-5, tail 9, tarsus 35, middle toe and claw 2-9. 



Adult female. Differs from the male iu having the upper parts 

 and central tail-feathers more coarsely marked Avith pale rufous 

 buff" on a darker ground, while the chest, breast, sides, and thighs 

 are clouded and mottled with dusky ; the coloration of the soft parts 

 is similar. Total length 21 inches, wing 10*4, tail 8*8, tarsus 3-4, 

 middle toe and claw 2"8. 



Hab. Same as that of the genus. 



a. S ad. sk. S. America. Eyton Coll. 



b-d. 6 2 ad. et Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buckley). Salviu-Godman Coll. 



pull. sk. 



e. $ ad. sk. Upper Amazons, May. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



/. (S ad. St. Rio Negi'o. Purchased. 



g, h. Skeletons. Zool. Soc. Coll. 



3. MITUA. „_„ 



Type. 



Mitu, Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 48.5 (18.31) M. mitu. 



Mitua, Stricld. Ann. May. X. JI. vii. p. 36 (1841) M. mitu. 



Crest moderate or well developed, and not curled at the extremity, 

 Culraeu much elevated, and sometimes swollen towards the 

 base. 



Tail composed of 12 feathers. 



Tarsus longer than the middle toe and claw. 



llanije. S. America. 



Key to the Species. 



-V. Belly and under tail-coverts dark chestnut. 



a. Culmen swollen and elevated ; a well-developed 



occipital crest ; tail tipped with white mitu, p. 485. 



h. Culuu-n not much .';wollen ; occipital crest quite 



short ; tail tipped with rufous iomentosa, p. 486. 



B. Belly and under tail-coverts white ; culmen not 

 unusually developed ; crest fairly well developed ; 

 trtil tipptd with white 8«/wn/,p. 487. 



1. Mitua mitu. 



Crax mitu, Linyt. S. N. i. p. '270 (17(30) ; Omel. S. X. i. pt. ii. p. 73G 



(1788) ; Gray, JIand-l. B. ii. p. 254 (1870). 

 Pauxi mitu, Temm. Pit/, et Gall. iii. pp. 8, 685 (1815) ; Gray, List 



Galliiue Brit. Mus.'^. 17 (1867). 

 Ourax mitu, Cuv. jRh/. An. i. p. 441 (1817) ; Steph. in Shatc'g Gen. 



Zool. xi. p. 175 (1819); Temm. PI. Co!.\. pi. 20 [no. 1.531 (1823); 



Bennett, Gard. ^- Menarj. ii. p. 129 (1S31): Tschudi, Faun. 



Peruana, pp. 47, 289 (1844-6) [N.E. & Central Peru] ; v. Pelz. 



Orn. Bras. p. 288(1870) [Para, Kio Madeira, Matto Grosso]. 



