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highly esteemed. Dr. Gauraer states that the bones are said to be poisonous to cats 

 and dogs. 



2. Crax panamensis. 



Crax globicera, Lath, (nee Linn.), Ind. Orn. ii. p. 624'; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 12'; ix. 



p- 139'; V. Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 373*; Sel. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 513'; Scl. Tr.. 



Z. S. ix. p. 274 (part.) '; x. p. 543, t. 89'; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 42'; Nutting, Pr. 



U. S. Nat. Mus. V. p. 408'; vi. p. 408"; Richmond, Pr. TJ. S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 524"; 



Underwood, Ibis, 1896, p. 448 ". ^ 



Crax rubra, Steph. (nee Linn.), in ShaVs Gen. Zool. xi. p. 168, t. 9 "; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. 



p. 301 ". 

 Crax alberti, Eraser, P, Z. S. 1850, p. 246, tt. 27, 28 (part., ? ) ". 

 Crax sp., Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 371 ''. 

 Crax panamensis, Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 479 " ; Handb. Game-Birds, ii. p. 205 " ; 



Festa, Boll. Mus. Torino, xiv. no. 361, p. 1 ". 



C. gMicer(B similis, sed rectricibus anguste albo marginatis distinguenda. Long, tota circa 35-0, alse 14-6, 

 caud« 13-0, tarsi 4-2. (Descr. maris adulti ex Lion Hill, Panama. Mus. nostr.) 



? . C. globicerce similis, sed rectricibus albo vel dilate fulvo, supra et infra distincte fasoiatis. Long, tota 32-0, 

 alae 14-4. (Descr. feminse aduItaB ex Panama. Mus. nostr.) 



Eab. Nicaragua, Los Sabalos, E. of Lake of Nicaragua {Nuttinq lo), Rio Escondido 

 {Bichmond^^); Costa RicaS^ San Jose [Carmiol^, v. Frantzius% Valza 

 {Carmiol^''), Sarapiqui {v. Frantzius% San Carlos, Volcan de Irazu, Naranjo 

 {Boucard% La Palma, Gulf of Nicoya {Nutting % Rio Frio (Richmond^^), 

 Miiavalles {Underwood i^) ; Panama ^ s i^, Lion Hill i^ ^^ {M'Leannan). 



The Curassow inhabiting the country from Nicaragua to Panama has been separated 

 by Mr. Ogilvie-Grant from G. globicera on somewhat slight grounds. He says that the 

 males of both species are alike, except that in C. panamensis the tail-feathers are 

 slightly margined with white, while those of the female are strongly barred, both 

 above and below^ with white or pale buff, the tail-feathers of the latter sex in some 

 specimens of C. globicera being faintly barred on the upperside only. Von Frantzius 

 states that he saw this species first in a wild state on the Sarapiqui River \ but he 

 afterwards frequently met with it domesticated, and that when captured young the 

 bird is easily reared, the flesh being considered excellent. In Costa Rica, like its 

 northern ally of Mexico and Guatemala, this bird is known to the Indians as " Pahuil," 

 and doubtless the habits of the two species are similar. Mr. Champion noticed 

 C. panamensis on the Pacific slope of the Volcan de Chiriqui, but specimens were not 

 preserved. 



3. Crax chapmaui. 



Crax chapmani. Nelson, Pr. Biol. Soc. Washington, xiv. p. 170 \ 



ffab. Mexico, S. & E. Yucatan, S. Campeche {Nelson & Goldman i), 



Mr. Nelson has founded this species on a single female obtained at Puerto Morelos, 

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