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XI. PRINCE Albert's wattled curassow. crax alcertl 



Crax alherti, Fraser^ P. Z. S. 1850, p. 246, pis. xxvii. xxviii. 

 [nee ?]; Selater, Trans. Z. S. ix. p. 280, pi. xlviii. 

 (1875); Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 483 



(i893). 

 Crax viridirostris, Selater, Trans. Z. S. ix. p. 282 (1875); x. 



p. 544, pi. xeii. (1879). 



Adnlt Male. — Like the male of C. daubenfojii, but the swollen 

 knob at the base of the bill and the wattles on each side of 

 the base of the lower mandible are bhie, and the lores are 

 thickly covered with feathers. Total length, 35 inches ; wing, 

 16; tail, 15; tarsus, 4'6. 



Adult Female. — ^lost like the female of C. fasciolata^ but 

 distinguished by having the crest-feathers nearly black, with 

 two narrow white bars ; the lores densely feathered ; the under- 

 parts of a much deeper chestnut colour ; and the outer primary 

 quills chestnut. Size smaller; wing, 15*2 inches. 



Eange. — North-eastern South America; United States of 

 Colombia. 



THE FLAT-CRESTED CURASSOWS. GENUS NOTHOCRAX. 



Nothocrax^ Burmeister, Syst. Uebers. iii. p. 347 (1856). 



Type, N. uriiniutum (Spix). 



The height of the upper mandible is greater than the width. 



A full crest of long recumbent feathers covers the top of the 

 head. 



Lores and a large space around the eye naked. 



Tail composed of twelve feathers. 



Leg (metatarsus) longer than middle toe and claw. 



Only one species is known. 



I. THE flat-crested CURASSOW. NOTHOCRAX URUMUTUM. 



Crax ii?'ii)mitum^ Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p. 49, pi. Ixii. (1825). 



p 2 



