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white plumage beneath, and offering a conspicuous and tempting mark for the sports- 
man. ‘They are excellent eating. I have never heard of these birds breeding in con- 
finement, though I cannot say they do not. The young ones are exceedingly beautiful 
delicate little creatures, marked very much like and having a very similar appearance 
to young Partridges or Quails. They become much attached to individuals who treat 
them kindly. These birds are common in all parts of Venezuela where there is a 
forest.” 
Herr y. Pelzeln has kindly supplied me with accurate coloured figures of his Crax 
mikani, from which it seems evident that the supposed male of that species is the female 
of Crax daubentoni, and the supposed female the female of Crax alberti. 
List of Living specimens of Crax daubentoni exhibited since 1860. 
i Berns eure \ Presented by J. Wright, Esq............... September 29, 1870. 
Diehl Has } Presented by A. Warmington, Esq July 11, 1871 
d, e. Females...... ; cua iene s 5 y ‘ 
TRAUEEDS - corning ne Presented by George Hall, Esq............- September 5, 1871. 
g- Bemale .......3.: ID iireth” Ban cOsN acest See raoo una te October 24, 1871. 
3. Crax aLector. (Plate XLIII. ¢ et 2.) 
Craz alector, Linn. 8. N. i. p. 269; Temm. Pig. et Gall. iii. pp. 27 et 689; Vieill. Gal. d. Ois. 
ii. p. 6, t. 199; Cab. in Schomb. Guian, iii. p. 746; Reichenb. Tauben, p. 130; Bennett, 
Gardens & Men. ii. p. 9; Pelzeln, Orn. Bras. p. 286; Gray, Gen. of B. iii. p. 486, et Hand-l. 
ii. p. 253; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 514, et Nomencl. p. 135. 
* Gallus indicus, Sloane, Jamaica, ii. p. 362 et t. 26, undé 
Crax sloanei, Reichenb. Tauben, p. 131 (?). 
Purpurascenti-nigra: ventre imo crissoque albis: criste brevis plumis nigris, versus 
apicem recurvis: loris nudis: cera et rostro ad basin flavis, hujus apice ceerulescente : 
pedibus corneis: long. tota 35, ale 14-5, caude 13:5, tarsi 4°5. Fem. mari similis, 
sed crista intus albo parce transfasciata. 
Hab. British Guiana (Schomb.); Rio Negro, Rio Vaupé, and Rio Brancho (Natt.). 
The species most liable to be confounded with the present Curassow are Crax globi- 
cera and Crax sclateri. From both of these it is distinguishable by the purple tinge of 
its plumage, which is very noticeable in living specimens, and is also plainly seen in 
skins. From C. globdicera it is likewise distinguishable by the naked lores and by the 
want of the protuberance on the cere; from C. sclateri by the absence of the white 
tips to the tail-feathers and the black thighs. It differs not only from these, but from 
almost all other members of the genus in the sexes being nearly alike. 
The patria of (. alector is Guiana, Cayenne, and the adjoining districts of Amazonia 
up to the Rio Negro. In Upper Amazonia it is replaced by C. globulosa. 
