THE CURASSOWS. 2o5 



V. THE PANAMA CURASSOW. CRAX PANAMENSIS. 



Crax globicera, Sclater (nee Linn.), Trans. Z. S. x. p. 543, pi. 



Ixxxix. (1879). 

 Crax ruhra^ Stephen (nee Linn.), in Shaw's Gen. Zool. xi. p. 



168, pi. ix. (18 1 9). 

 Crax albertl, Fraser, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 246, pis. xxvii. and 



xxviii. [part, female]. 

 Crax pa?ianie?isis, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 



479 (iS93)- 

 Adult Male. — Like the male of C. globicera^ but the tail- 

 feathers are slightly margined with white. The colours of the 

 soft parts may also differ, but they are at present unknown. 

 Total length, 34'5 inches; wing, i4'6j tail, i3'3 ; tarsus, 4'2 

 inches. 



Adult Female. — Easily distinguished from the female of C. 

 globicera by having the tail shvngly barred with white or pale 

 buff, the bars being as clearly marked on the under-surface of 

 the feathers as on the upper. Size smaller ; wing, 14*4 inches. 



Eange. — Southern Nicaragua and Costa Rica, extending to 

 the United States of Colombia. 



Haljits. — Dr. Von Frantzius writes : " This beautiful Hocko 

 is called in Costa Rica ' Pajuil,' which is a corruption oi 

 the Mexican word ' Pauxi.' 



" I saw it in a wild state for the first time on the Sarapiqui 

 in December, 1853. I have often seen tame specimens since 

 in the aviaries of the chief town of San Jose. The young can 

 be easily tamed if caught and reared. This bird is often shot 

 on account of its savoury flesh." 



VI. heck's CURASSOW. CRAX HECKI. 



Crax heckij Reichenow, J. f. O. 1894, p. 231, pi. ii 



Adult Female, — Head and neck blacky barred with white ; crest- 

 feathers l)lack, with two or three white bands ; back, chest, 

 wing-coverts, and secondary quills barred with buff and 



