492 Dr. E. A. Goeldi — Ornithological Results 



now or lately living in the Society's Gardens," * agrees 

 entirely as regards colour-details with the original de- 

 scription, nor does any one of the three individuals recently 

 described by Ogilvie-Grant (Cat. B. xxii. p. 477) under 

 Crax pinima absolutely agree with v. Pelzehrs characters. 

 But I have personally seen specimens entirely agreeing with 

 v. Pelzeln's description, and I can assure ray readers that the 

 description really gives us a good idea of one of the phases 

 of colouring of the female " Mutum-pinima" of the State of 

 Para. But I cannot attribute to it any higher value, and I 

 decidedly deny to it the rank of a species. 



From June 1894, the date of my arrival at Para, till the 

 present time a number of " Mutiims " have been received 

 at our Zoological Garden with the popular designation of 

 "Pinima." They all agreed more or less with the sketch or 

 general aspect of v. Pelzeln's description of " Craw pinima, ," 

 but in details of design — cross-barring on the abdominal side, 

 barring of the tail- feathers, extent of dark and ochraceous 

 colour on the upper and lower abdomen, barring of the head- 

 crest, and other respects — they varied extremely, so much so, 

 that every individual represented a particular phase, which 

 by a very anxious systematist might be referred to a distinct 

 species. By a singular chance it happened that at the 

 Museum of Para we never got a single male of " Mutum- 

 pinima," living or dead. Thus I was for several years ill at 

 ease with the failure of my attempts to obtain the male of 

 Crax pinima, but this discovery 1 succeeded finally in making 

 on the Capim expedition. 



At Acar)-ucaua and Poc;o Real our Tembe Indians brought 

 in specimens of the female " Mutum-piniina" corresponding 

 in colour and aspect, as well as in its Indian name, with the 

 individuals in the Para Zoological Gardens. Naturally the 

 first question I put to the Indians, all exceedingly familiar 

 with the animal life of the surrounding forests, was : " Do 

 you know the male ' Mutum-pinima'? " They replied, without 

 a moment's hesitation, " We do know it ! " " How is it 

 * Trans. Zool. Soc. Loud. ix. p. 273, and x. p. ."343. 



