BIRDS FROM BRAZIL AND SOUTHERN VENEZUELA—FRIEDMANN 391 
SPECIMEN COLLECTED 
1 ad. 9, Venezuela, Puerto Ayacucho, Rio Orinoco, May 23, 1931. 
This specimen has the breast dull ochraceous, with narrow, in- 
distinct streaks, and has the upper surface rather narrowly barred 
with black. The subterminal tail band measures in its greatest width 
20.4 mm. The bird is paler and smaller than skins from the Merida 
region of Venezuela and differs from one from El Sombrero, in the 
state of Guarico, in having the crown decidedly darker gray. It has 
the following measurements: Wing 180, tail 116, culmen from base 12, 
tarsus 31 mm. ‘The present specimen comes from the eastern edge of 
the range at present assigned to this subspecies. 
Family CRACIDAE: Curassows, Guans, ete. 
MITU TOMENTOSA (Spix): Lesser Razor-billed Curassow 
Craz tomentosa Spix, Avium species novae ... Brasiliam .. ., vol. 2, 1825, p. 
49, pl. 63 (Barcellos, Rio Negro, Brazil). 
SPECIMENS COLLECTED 
1 ad. ?, Brazil, Cachoeira Destacamento, Rio Cauabury, October 29, 1930. 
1 ad. 9, Brazil, Salto do Hud, Rio Maturacd, November 19, 1930. 
1 ad. o, Brazil, Serra Imeri, near Salto do Hud, December 1, 1930. 
1 ad. ¢', Venezuela, Brazo Casiquiare, Curare, February 7, 1931. 
A fine series of a bird still uncommon in collections. 
CRAX ALECTOR Linnaeus: Crested Curassow 
Craz alector LinnaEvs, Systema naturae, ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 269 (Cayenne). 
SPECIMENS COLLECTED 
2 ad. o', lim. -, Venezuela, Cerro Yapacana, Upper Orinoco, Base Camp, 322 
feet, March 19-22, 1931. 
The immature bird shows signs of molt. 
This fine curassow inhabits the tropical forests from the three 
Guianas south to the north bank of the Amazon, west to the Rio 
Negro, and across southern Venezuela to the east slopes of the eastern 
Andes in Colombia. 
PENELOPE GRANTI ORIENTICOLA Todd: Rio Negro Guan 
Penelope jacquacu orienticola Topp, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 45, 1932, 
p. 211 (ManacapuriG, Rio Solimées, Brazil). 
SPECIMENS COLLECTED 
lad. o&, lad. 9, Venezuela, Brazo Casiquiare, opposite Buena Vista, Febru- 
ary 4, 1931. 
1 ad. o&, Venezuela, Brazo Casiquiare, Playa de Candela, February 8, 1931. 
The female is molting in the wings. 
These specimens have long tails (300-345 mm.) and are therefore 
granti Berlepsch and not marai Miller. 
