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V. THE PANAMA CURASSOW. CRAX PANAMENSIS. 
Grax: slobicera; Sclater (nec Linn.), Trans. Z. S. x. p: 543, pl. 
Ixxxix. (1879). 
Crax rubra, Stephen (nec Linn.), in Shaw’s Gen. Zool. xi. p. 
MOS. pl. ix. (1ST). 
Cra eave, Fraser, P. Z. 5. 1850, p. 246, pls..xxvil. and 
xxviii. [part, female]. 
Crax panamensis, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 
479 (1893). 
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. 
MotalHlength,, 2455 inches ; wing, 14°6; tail, 13°3 3 tarsus, 4:2 
inches. 
Adult Female.—Easily distinguished from the female of C. 
globicera by having the tail s/vongly 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. 
Range.—Southern Nicaragua and Costa Rica, extending to 
the United States of Colombia. 
Habits.—Dr. Von Frantzius writes: “ This beautiful Hocko 
is called in Costa Rica ‘ Pajuil,’ which is a corruption of 
the Mexican word ‘ Pauxi.’ 
““T 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 José. The young can 
be easily tamed if caught and reared. This bird is often shot 
cn account of its savoury flesh.” 
VI. HECK’S CURASSOW. CRAX HECKI. 
Crax heckt, Reichenow, J. f. O. 1894, p. 231, pl. ii 
Adult Female——Head and neck black, barred with white; crest: 
feathers black, with two or three white bands; back, chest,: 
wing-coverts, and secondary quills barred with buff and 
