of an Expedition up the Capim River. 495 



to be able to examine examples of both sexes of the Curassow 

 of Para, in order to compare it with that of Matto Grosso 

 and Paraguay, the range being rather extensive for one 

 species of the genus." 



Not without a certain regret, therefore, I found "Crax 

 pinima" restored in vol. xxii. of the 'Catalogue of Birds 

 in the British Museum 5 in an official manner to its usurped 

 dignity and rank. I hope, however, that ornithologists will 

 now consider the matter settled for ever, and the so-called 

 " Crax pinima" definitely cancelled. 



On July 9th we made a reconnaissance of the upper part 

 of the Cauachy River. It was an interesting, but at the same 

 time a rather painful excursion, owing to the innumerable 

 obstacles we met with, the river being constantly obstructed 

 by big trees which had fallen from both banks. To cut 

 through a space sufficiently wide for the passage of our 

 boat was often a matter of more than an hour's hard work. 

 Though we met with spots which some years ago had 

 evidently been Indian " rocas," the Cauachy at the time of 

 our visit was absolutely deserted, no one being resident, at 

 least on its lower course. Formerly it was inhabited by 

 Tembes and Turyuaras, and often served as a passage from 

 the Capim River to the headwaters of the Gurupy-miry and 

 neighbouring affluents of the Gurupy River. 



On this day and on the 10th of July, when we were already 

 moving downwards as far as the place called " Tracua-teua/' 

 I observed Heliornis fulica, Nauclerus furcatus, Asturina 

 magnirostris, Chrysotis amazonica, Anodorhynchus hyacin- 

 thinus and Ara macao (both regularly in couples), Urubitinga 

 sonura, Monasa nigra and M. morpheas (frequent), Ibycter 

 americanus, Ceryle div. spec., Thryothorus genibarbis, Atticora 

 fusciata, Tackycineta albiventris, Phlogopsis nigromaculata, 

 Plot us uiilt'uiija, Crax fasciolata ('" Muttim pinima"), and 

 Mitua mitu (" Mutiirn cavallo"), the "Mitu-ete" of the 

 Tembe Indians. 



At " Tracua-teua," some hours below the mouth of the Po- 

 tyreta affluent, \\e made our third headquarters on descending. 

 It is a locality as devoid of human creatures as all the others 



