Parauuaii, Bolivia, and Southern Brazil. 461 



Fain. CuAciD.E. 



23.3. PlPILK CUMANENSIS. 



Pipile cumnnensis Avg. Orn. ii. p. 4'16 ; Grant^ Cat. 

 13. xxii. p. 5 1(5. 



a. S '1(1- Concureucia, Alto Paraguay. Sept. 9, 1909. 



b, c. c? ? . Pan (Ic Azucar, Alto Paragiiay, Brazil. 

 Sept. 18, 1909. 



These three specimens agree with others in the British 

 Museum. They are in somewhat worn plumage and all are 

 beginning to moult. 



This Guan seems to prefer the wooded slopes of the 

 conical hills, and was usually observed in parties of about half 

 a dozen. When alarmed they perched on the tops of the tallest 

 trees, but could generally be approached within gunshot. 

 The call is loud, but quite dift'erent from that of the Orfalis, 

 and the flight is fairly swift and gliding. Only noticed from 

 the Coneurencia northwards. 



231. OrTALIS CANICOLLIS. 



Ortalis catiicollis \y'^. Orn.ii. p. IIT; Grant, Cat. B. xxii. 

 p. 508. 



fl, 6. (J ? ad. Monte Alto, Paraguay. Aug. 26, 1909. 



c. (^ ad. Puerto San Juan, ., Aug. 27, 1909. 



These specimens are identical with examples in the British 

 IMuseum from Northern Argentina. 



I can add nothing to the excellent description of the 

 habits and call of this Guan given by Prof. Graham Kerr in 

 'The Ibis' for 1892 (p. 118). 



On two occasions I saw the nest, which was placed in the 

 toi)most branches of a tallish tree and was a fair structure of 

 sticks ; according to the natives the eggs are of about the 

 size and colour of the egg of the domestic fowl. 



I first observed the bird at Colonia Mihanos itch, N. Argen- 

 tine, but it was heard or observed eoniniouly right up to 

 Corunil);'i. The only native name I heard for it Mas 

 " Yacu." 



