210 LLOYDS NATURAL HISTORY. 
and the secondary quills uniform black. These characters, as 
well as the white belly and the tail-feathers being “pped with 
white, distinguish it from the females of all the allied species. 
Size smaller ; wing, 14°5 inches. 
Ranze-—Northern South America ; Venezuela. 
Habits—In 1871, Mr. A. Warmington forwarded three living 
examples of this species to the Gardens of the Zoological 
Society, and furnished the following notes :—‘‘ The three 
Curassows (one male and two females) were captured at 
‘Maron’ near Tucacas, N. Venezuela, and at the present 
time are nearly two years old, having been taken from the 
nest when scarcely larger than a chick of two months old. 
They soon became perfectly tame and would follow me about. 
When able to fly they made short flights, always quickly return- 
ing and seldom alighting. At night they invariably roosted 
on the highest spot they could find in the home corral. ‘They 
are called by the natives ‘Port.’ Their cry is a sort of 
mournful prolonged whistle, and in the forest, when eight or 
ten are together, has a very singular effect. It 1s not common 
to see these birds on the ground. When they alight in a tree 
they almost invariably utter their cry, and at the same time 
raise the tail-feathers like a fan, thus exposing the white plumage 
beneath, and offering a conspicuous and tempting mark for 
the sportsman. They are excellent eating. I have never 
heard of these birds breeding in confinement, though I cannot 
say they donot. The young ones are exceedingly beautiful and 
delicate little creatures, marked very much like, and having a 
very similar appearance to young Partridges or Quails. They 
become much attached to individuals who treat them kindly. 
These birds are common in all parts of Venezuela where there 
is a forest.” 
Daubenton’s Wattled Curassow is only found in the low 
country ; in the mountains its place appears to be taken by 
the Helmeted Curassow (Pauxis pauxt). 
