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remainder of the under surface. " Lores and a laroe naked s[)aee 

 surrounding the eye pale yellow above and pur[)lish below ; bill 

 scarlet ; legs and feet flesh-colour.'' 



Total length 532 mm., culnien 33, wing 200, tail 225, tarsus 88, 

 middle toe and claw, G5. 



This species is not represented in the McConnell collection and 

 the description is based on an example in the British Museum 

 obtained at Sarajacu, Ecuador^ collected bj C. Buckley — Salvin- 

 Godnian collection. 



Xestliii^i. Blackish above with rufous or buff tips to the feathers 

 ami tlown, l)ecoming paler on the fore-neck ; a buff line on each 

 side of the lower back ; breast anel abdomen creamy-white. 



Bveeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Xest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Kggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Rupununi Savannas [Brown). 



E.draVunital liange. North Brazil, Eastern I'eru, Eastei-n 

 Ecuador. 



ILihits, According to Schomburgk (Beis. Guian. iii. \^. 74ti) 

 the habits of this species are the same as those of Crax alector 

 = C. nigra, p. 17. 



Mr. Barrington Brown, who observed this bird on the Rupu- 

 nuni Savannas, writes (( 'a)ioe and Camp Life, p. 132): — "On the 

 way down, at Aringwong village, T saw a lame SSavanna Rowie ' 

 (Cra.v iirumiition), which dittered considerably from ihe ("()mnu)n 

 Povvie [Cra.v alector), but was of nearly the same size. It had a 

 red beak, and chestnut feathers on the part where the (onnnon 

 Powie is white," 



Genus MITU Less. 

 Jlihi Lesson, Traite d'Oni. p. 1S5, 18;31 Tvjjc M. intta (Linn.). 



This genus differs in having the crest moderate or well 

 developed, not curled at th(^ tip, the lores leathered, the maxilla 

 elevated, the height being greater than its width, ami the legs 

 comparatively long. 



Kci/ to tin; Sjieries. 

 A. C'lilnion niueli swolifii ; cri'st well (Icvclupcd ; 



tips of tail-fcalliiTs wliitr M. luiliiy \>. L'2. 



li. Culnu-n slij^litly swollen ; witli srarccly any 



sif^ns of a crest; tail-rcallicrs tipped with 



rufous J/, fiiiiirn tosa, \ i. 2l2. 



