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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 v. 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 dauhentoni, and the supposed _/(?ma^e the female of Crax alherti. 



List of Living specimens of Crax dauhentoni exhibited since 1860. 



a. Male 

 b. 

 Male 



Male 1 



_ , > Presented by J. Wright, Esq September 29, 1870. 



c. Male 1 „ 



_ , } Presented by A. Warmmston, Esq July 11, 1871. 



a, e. Females J o^j j ? 



f. Male Presented by George Hall, Esq September 5, 1871. 



g. Female Deposited , October 24, 1871. 



3. Ceax alectoe. (Plate XLIII. d et S .) 



Craa; alector, Linu. S. N. i. p. 269 ; Temm. Pig. et Gall. iii. pp. 27 et 689 ; Vieill. Gal. d. Ois. 

 ii. p. 6j t. 199; Cab. in Schomb. Guian. iii. p. 746; Reichenb. Tauben, p. 130; Bennett, 

 Gardens & Men. ii. p. 9; Pelzeln, Om. 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, unde 



Crax sloanei, Reichenb. Tauben, p. 131 (?) . 



Purpurascenti-nigra : ventre imo crissoque albis : cristse brevis plumis nigris, versus 

 apicem recurvis : loris nudis : cera et rostro ad basin flavis, hujus apice cserulescente : 

 pedibus cornels: long, tota 35, alse 14'5, caudse 13'5, tarsi 4"5. Fern, mari similis, 

 sed crista intus albo parce transfasciata. 



Hab. British Guiana {Scliomb.); Eio Negro, Rio Vaupe, and Rio Brancho (Natt.). 



The species most liable to be confounded with the present Ciurassow 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. globicera 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 C. alector is Guiana, Cayenne, and the adjoining districts of Amazonia 

 up to the Rio Negro. In Upper Amazonia it is replaced by C. globulosa. 



