1870.] MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON THE CRACID&. 513 
Clavis specierum. 
a. pectore immaculate naigro. ! 
a', mandibularum caruncula nulla. 
Gf LOUIS DLUIN OFA. sana ence iaaassseiesdasanandtareseree’ 1. globicera, 
6". loris nudis. 
QU} CAGOA LOUA MIST acedesea. caches easscreesanciensscste 3. alector. 
Oercaudatallbo termimstay si s..dv..ccivecetasasseucs 3. sclateri. 
4'. mandibula carunculata. 
c"'. cera flava. 
CAUGA LOLA NIGTA.s.....0eecssseersessarecensssr cere 4. globulosa. 
eee ADO CEREALNA DBI esscaacsc ceeasasenences er 5. daubentoni. 
GEN Cera rubra seek. Pete eee aoe ea ee kee ee ten octet eacnes 6. carunculata. 
uM Ghia Coruled Ro. Meette tote eod. del bdeccuedauas nas tetas s 7. alberti, 
b. pectore nigro albo transfasciolato ............seessceeeeeceeeneeees 8. pinima. 
1. CRAX GLOBICERA. 
Crax globicera, Linn. 8. N. i. p. 270 (partim); Taylor, Ibis, 
1860, p. 311; Salvin, Ibis, 1861, p. 143; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1860, 
p- 253; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 12, ix. p. 139; Frantz. 
J. f. O. 1869, p. 373. 
Crax temminckii, Tsch. F. P. Aves, p. 287. 
Crax alberti, 2, Fraser, P. Z. 8. 1850, p. 250, tab. xxviii. ( 9 .) 
Crax blumenbachii, G. R. Gray, List of Gall. p. 15. 
Crax alector, Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 223; Moore, P. Z. 8. 
1859, p. 61. 
Crax rubra, Linn. 8. N.i. p. 270 (2); Temm. Pig. et Gall. iii. 
p- 21 et p. 687( 9); Lawr. Ann. L.N. Y. vii. p.301( 2); Bennett, 
Gard. & Men, Z. S. ii. p. 225 (2). 
Curasso bird, Edwards’s Gleanings, pl. 295; unde 
Crax edwardsi, Reich. Tauben, p. 134. 
Craz albini, Lesson, Trait. d’ Orn. p. 484 ( 2 ). 
Nitenti-nigra: ventre imo crissoque albis: criste elongate 
plumis nigris, apicem versus recurvis: loris plumulosis: cera 
tuberculata et rostro ad basin luteis, rostri apice cerulescente : 
pedibus cerulescenti-corneis: long. tota 34 poll. Angl., ale 
18°5, caude@e 15:°5, tarsi 4°7. 
Fem. Castanea, ventre imo cinnamomeo: dorso superiore plus 
minusve nigro induto: capite cristato et cervice undique nigris, 
albo maculatis: alis extus caudaque nigro et ochraceo plus 
minusve variegatis et transfasciatis: rostro nigricante, apice 
pallide cerulescente : pedibus corneis. 
Hab. Western Mexico (Deppe); Tehuantepec (Sumichrast in Mus. 
Smithson.) ; prov. Vera Cruz (Sallé); Guatemala, Vera Paz and 
Pacific coast (Salvin); Belize (Leyland); Wonduras (Taylor) ; 
Costa Rica (v. Frantz.); Panama (MJ‘Cleannan). 
Mus. Brit., Smithson., 8.-G. 
Linneus’s Crax globicera is founded mainly upon the Craz curas- 
sous of Brisson (Orn. i. p. 300), which is more likely to be intended 
for this species than for any other. Brisson mentions the tubercula 
ad basin rostri, rotunda, lutea—which excludes every thing except the 
present bird and C. daubentoni. And as he says nothing whatever 
of the tail being tipped with white, the balance of evidence is in 
favour of the former hypothesis. Crax rubra of Linneeus, founded 
