272 CEACID^. 



p. 89'; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 513,838'; Sumichr. La Nat. ii. p. 37'; v. p. 229"; 



Lawr. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 44 " ; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 459 " ; Eidgw. Pr. 



U. S. Nat. Mus. viii. p. 581 " ; Ferrari-Perez, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 175 "; Grant, Cat. 



Birds Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 478 " ; Handb. Game-Birds, ii. p. 203 ". 

 Crax rubra, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 270 ^'. 

 Crax alector (nee Linn.), Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 623 " ; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 223 '' ; Moore, 



P. Z. S. 1859, p. 61 =°. 

 Crax temmincki, Tschudi, Faun. Per. p. 287 °'. 

 Crax pseudalector, Reichenb. Tauben, p. 131, t. 174. figs. 15, 16^^. 

 Crax edwardsi, Reichenb. loc. cit. p. 134 ". 



Nigra, viridi adumbrata ; abdomine medio, hypochondriis et subcaudalibus albis : rostro nigricanti-comeo, 

 fcubere flavo internasali instrueto; pedibus grisescenti-corneis ; iride saturate brunuea. Long. tot. circa 

 35'0, alse 15'7, caudae 14-0, tarsi 4-6. (Desor. maris adulti ex X. Yucatan. Mus. nostr.) 



2 mari dissimilis ; pileo, collo et gutture nigris alboque fasciatis, cristas plumis medialiter albo late fasciatis ; 

 interscapulio et prsepectore nigris, viridi adumbratis, et rufo lavatis vel marginatis ; dorso postico fere 

 brunnescenti-castaneo ; cauda nigra, rectricibus medianis fere castaneo marmoratis, fasciis paucis flavi- 

 cantl-albidis ; tectricibus alarum remigibusque castaneis, nigro variegatis : pectore saturate castaneo, 

 corpore reliquo subtus pallidiore magis cinnamomeo. Long, tota circa 35 0, alje 14'5. (Descr. femiuae 

 adultae ex Savana Grande. Mus. nostr.) 



Eab. Mexico ^i. Sierra Madre above Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, and Chimalapa 

 (Eichardson^^) ,Misantla (Ferrari-Perez^^), Vera Cruz {Salle-, Ferrari-Perez ^*) 

 Tapana, Tehuantepec (Sumichrast^^), North Yucatan ^^is^ Cozumel I. « 7 is is 

 (Gaumer); Guatemala ^9, Lake of Peten and Cliilomo {Leyland^^), Savana 

 Grande ^^, Raxche, Vera Paz^ {0. S.) ; Hondueas, Lake of Yojoa {Taylor % San 

 Pedro(Tf7«?Ye/y8). 



This Curassow is distinguished by the female having the crest black barred with 

 white, the general colour of the secondaries chestnut, and either no bars on the tail- 

 feathers or with the bars slightly indicated on the upperside only. The male is of a 

 uniform black, with a swollen knob at the base of the upper mandible, and no wattles 

 are present at the base of the lower mandible ; the tail, too, is not tipped with white. 



C. gloMcera is strictly a forest species, frequenting uninhabited districts and is 

 generally met with in pairs, though the males sometimes roam about alone. In the 

 morning and evening this bird is usually found perched upon the trees and feeding on 

 fruit, but during the day spends its time chiefly on the ground scratching in the leaves 

 in search of food and is very wary, constantly listening for, and immediately taking 

 flight at, the approach of danger. In Guatemala, where perhaps the species is less 

 persecuted than in parts of Mexico, we found it comparatively tame and when perched 

 upon a tree would allow a sportsman to get within gunshot without betraying 

 alarm. The call resembles the distant roaring of the " tiger," or, as Dr. Gaumer 

 describes it, " the gentle blowing in the bunghole of a barrel." To the natives of 

 both Mexico and Guatemala the Curassow is known by the name "Pahuil," and 

 may often be seen about their villages in a domesticated state, the flesh beins 



