544 ME. P. L. vSCLATER ON THE CUEASSOWS 



This near ally of C. alector was recently described from a pair of " Bogota " skins in 

 the Collection of Messrs. Sahin and Godman. As in that species, the female (PI. XC. 

 fig. 2) seems to be only distinguishable from the male by the slightly banded crest. 

 I regret to say I have no further information to offer respecting this little-known 

 bird. 



.3. Ckax globulosa. (Plate XCI.) 



Crax globulosa, Spix. Scl. Trans. Zool. Soc. ix. p. 279. 



On the 15th of October last we purchased, along with other birds, a Curassow, of 

 which I exhibit a drawing (PI. XCI.), said to have been obtained from the Amazons'. 



I have referred this bird provisionally to the female of Crax globulosa of Spix ; but 

 it difiFers from Spix's figure (Av. Bras. ii. t. 66), as likewise from the female of the 

 same species which I formerly examined in Mr. Lawrence's collection (cf. Trans. 

 Zool. Soc. ix. p. 279), in having the whole bill black, and in possessing white 

 markings to the crest, as in the female of Crax alector. 



This bird is still alive in the Gardens, though in bad plumage and with the toes 

 defective, as is too often the case with these birds in captivity. The legs are red, the 

 bare space round the eye dark bluish black ; the irides are light brown. 



4. Crax vieidikosteis. (Plate XCII.) 



Crax viridirostris, Sclaler, Trans. Zool. Soc. ix. p. 282. 



Nitenti-nigra, ventre imo cum crisso et caudas apice albis ; cristse plumis brevibus, 

 exstantibus, retroflexis ; rostri cera tumida et carunculis mandibulse inferioris pallide 

 viridescenti-flavis : long, tota 32-0, alee 15-0, caudae 13-0, tarsi 4-5. 



I now exhibit the skin of the Curassow which I described under the above- 

 mentioned name in my former paper. Unfortunately I have not access to a male 

 example of Crax alherti to compare it with ; but that is unquestionably its nearest 

 ally, and it is possible that the change of the cere from blue into greenish-yellow 

 may be an individual variation. 



5. Ceax incommoda. (Plate XCIII.) 



Crax incommoda, Scl. Trans. Zool. Soc. is. p. 281. 



On October 30th, 1873, we purchased, along with other South-American Mammals 

 and birds, what appears to be a second example of the singular Curassow on which I 

 bestowed the name above given. It lived until December last. Its skin, as likewise 

 that of the former example, is now in the collection of Messrs. Salvin and Godman 



' See Report of Z. 8. for 1877, p. 38. 



