20 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



gizzard of one o£ tliese birds — a tame one most likely. The edges 

 of the glass had been worn smooth by attrition. ' 



Mr. Beebe (Our S(;arch for a Wilderness, p. .^.34) gives the 

 following note : — " Just beyond were three ('rested (Jnrassows, 

 a male and two females, the latter busv scratching amono" the 

 dead leaves, while the male was devoting himself to a most 

 remarkable performance. The splendid bird walks slowly up and 

 down the clear space which he has chosen. The entire body is 

 tilted far forward, the breast low and the wings pointing down in 

 front, the wrist portion or shoulders, as it is often wrongly called, 

 drop}>ing almost to the ground. The wing tips lie flat u[)on the 

 back, and the tail is raised, while the head is held high, almost 

 touching the back and tips of the wings." 



Mr. Barrington Brown found this bird nesting under a low 

 bush in the valley of the Taramu liiver in April. The nest 

 contained two white eoi{s. He also found it in abundance on the 

 Corentyne River [cf. ("anoe and Camp Life, pp. 187, lUoj. 



Genus NOTHOCRAX Burm. 



iVb/7/ oc;Y^r Burmeister, Th. Bi'asil. iii. p. 347, I80G. Tvpe JV. ur?/ miff inn 

 (Spix). 



The distinguishing characters of this genus are — the height of 

 the maxilla which is greater than its width, the crest is composed 

 oi" long recumbent feathers, the lores and space round the eye are 

 naked, and the tail is shorter than the wing. 



10. Nothocrax urumutum. 

 Nocturnal Curassow. 



Notlion'ax vrtnmitum (Spix), Av. Bras. ii. ]>. 40, ])1. Ixii., 182.' ("in 



svlvis fl. Nigri"); Salvin, Ibis, ISSG, p. 171; Ou-ilvic-di-aiit, Cat. 



B. Brit. Mu8. xxii. p. 481, 1K93 ; Brabourno .t Cluibl), B. S. Aiuer. 



i. p. 9, no. S3, 1912. 

 Crax yrnmvfi/m Cab. in Schomb. Reis. (inian. iii. p. 740, 1S48 ; Brown, 



Canoe and Camp Life, p. 132, 1870 (Kupununi Savanna.s). 



"Savanna powie ■" {Broicu). 



Adult. Uj)per parts dark brown vcrmiculated, or freckled, with 

 rufous on the back, wing-coverts, outer webs of the quills, and 

 middle tail-feathers, the remainder of the tail-feathers ti[)ped with 

 buffy-white : top of head and crest lilack ; sides of crown, hind- 

 neck, throat, and fore-neck chestnut, becoming [)aler on the 



