356 BROOKLYN institute; museum, science bulletin 2. 6. 



the rough handhng- they had had. The two halves of each of the eggs 

 were carefully put together. 



Another set of two eggs found near Caicara June i6th, 1907, 

 was incubated by a common hen for a period of twenty days, when 

 they hatched. These eggs, the parts of which were carefully put 

 together, measure 18 x 57 and 'j'j x 55 mm. 



The first pair of chicks lived only eleven days. The second pair 

 were nineteen days old and growing rapidly when, through an acci- 

 dent, they were killed. From the very day when they were born, 

 they evinced a desire for a high perch at nighty not seeming to have 

 any fancy for being brooded by their foster mother. 



Crax alEctor Linnaeus. 

 Crax alector L., Syst. Nat. ed. 12. I. 1766. p. 269; Berlepsch & Hartert. 



p. 120. 



Native name Pauji ado bianco. Not common. Seen only at Mai- 

 pures and beyond. 



Penelope jacupeba Spix. 

 Penelope jacupeba Spix, Av. Bras. II. 1823. p. 54, PI. 71 ; Berlepsch & 



Hartert, p. 120. 



Birds probably of this species were seen several times about 

 Caicara, but none were taken. The species, however, was taken in 

 February, 1901, on the Caura River by Andre and recorded by Ber- 

 lepsch and Hartert. 



• Ortalis ruficauda Jardine. 

 Ortalida ruficauda Jard., Ann. Mag. N. H., XX, p. 374. (1847). 

 Ortalis ruficauda Berlepsch, Ibis 1884. p. 440 (Rio Apure). 



Recorded from Orinoco Region (Rio Apure) by Berlepsch (/. c). 



Ortalis motmot (Linnaeus). 

 Phasianus motmot L., Syst. Nat. ed. 12. I. 1766. p. 271. 



Ortalis motmot Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 120. 



Native names Guacharaca, Guacharaca ccrro. Not uncommon on 

 the upper Orinoco and on the San Feliz River, but not observed below 

 the falls of Atures. Berlepsch and Hartert record a specimen from La 

 Pricion on the Caura River. 



