ORTALIS. — CUMAXA. 29 



ego-s, tliouoh Sclioniburok did not find a nest himself. Tlie 

 " Warrans '' call it Ilanijaqiid and the " Macnsis " luoufraiba. 



Mr. Barrington Brown found this species breeding on tlie 

 Demerara River, and gives tlie following note (Canoe and Camp 

 Life, p. 371) : — "We found the nest of a hanaqnali (Orlulida 

 motmot) containing eggs. The nest was built of sticks on a low 

 tree, and contained four speckled eggs, little inferior in size to 

 those of a foAvl. The hanaquah is easily tamed, and is said to 

 breed with common fowls, the hybrid being a very pugnacious 

 bird." 



Mr. W. L. Sclater (Ibis, 1887, p. 317) writes:— "The Hanna- 

 quoi may be regarded as the Chanticleer of Demerara, for it 

 rouses the sleepy wanderer most effectively by its far-resounding 

 cry of ' liunnaqvoi I ' from which, of course, it derives its 

 name." 



Genus CUMANA Coues. 



Cumana Coucs, Auk, xvii. p. Go, 1900. Type C. cumanensis (Jacqnin). 



This genus is distinguished by having the first and second 

 primaries deeply incised, the tarsus shorter than the middle toe 

 and claw in length, a well-developed crest of pointed feathers, 

 tlie lores and the space round the eye naked, the throat also naked, 

 with a few haii-like feathers and a median wattle, and the tail 

 composed of twelve feathers rather long and rounded, the outer 

 pair shorter than the middle ones. 



17. Cumana cumanensis. 



AViIITE-HEADED GUAN. 



Pipilf cumanfusis i^■M'^\\\m), Hi'vtr. (Jcscli. A'<)n-fl, \). 2'), ]>1. x., 17^1 

 (Orinoco); Sulvin, Ibis, ISSO," p. 17o ; O-jih i.'-(Jrant, Cat. li. Biil. 

 Mus. xxii. ]). 517, IS!);} (Takiitu River). 



Pciiclopr pijiilc fJat-q. ), (,'ab. in Scliomb. Hcis. (luian. iii. ]). 71"), bS|S; 

 lirown, Canoe and Canq) Life, ])]). ISO, .'Mo, I.S70. 



"White-headed Maroodi'^ " {lirown). 



Adult male. Upj)er and under surface glossy blue-black ; head 

 and crest smoky-white, becoming Itrown at tin; ends of the feathers 

 on ihe naf)e ; njiper wing-coverts partially while, ('specially the 

 outer greater and median series ; the Ccatl ers of lh<' bre ist nuue 

 or less Miare^ined with white; marginal under wing-eo\erls bhiek 



