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in Costa Rica, but from what we have it is evident that it ranges 

 over the lowlands of both coasts, on the Pacific from Nicaragua down 

 as far as Pozo Azul de Pirris (at least), and on the Caribbean from 

 Nicaragua as far down as the Pacuare River and perhaps farther. 



Family CRACID^. 

 8. Crax panamensis Ogil vie -Grant. 



Crax globicera Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868, 139 (San Jose [Carmiol]). 



— Frantzius, Jour, fiir Orn., 1869, 373 (San Jose and Sarapiqui). — Bou- 

 CARD, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1878, 42 (San Carlos, Vol. Irazu and Naranjo). 



— Nutting, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 1882, 408 (La Palma de Nicoya). 



— Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, 128 (Costa Rica). — Cher- 

 rie, Expl. Zool. en C. R., 1891-2 (Palmar, common) ; Expl. Zool. Rio 

 Naranjo, 1893 (Pozo del Pital). — Underwood, Ibis, 1896, 448 (Miravalles). 



Crax panamensis Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XXII, 1893, 479 

 (Valsa [J. Carmiol]). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, III, 

 273 (Costa Rican references). — Bangs, Auk, XXIV, 1907, 290 (El Pozo de 

 Terraba [Underwood]). 



Carnegie Museum: Guacimo (Carriker). One female. 



All Costa Rican birds have the tail strongly barred, thus being 

 typical C. panamensis. This bird ranges over the whole lowland 

 region of the country from sea-level up to an altitude of not more than 

 2,000 feet, but is more abundant below 1,000 feet. They keep to the 

 heavy forests, feeding on the ground as well as in the trees, and when 

 flushed from the ground always alight in a tall tree where they will 

 remain perfectly quiet if they think they have not been seen. They 

 are now becoming quite scarce in nearly all parts of the country on 

 account of their continuous pursuit by all classes of hunters, their flesh 

 being excellent. I have never been able to learn anything about their 

 breeding habits, but they very probably place their nest in some large 

 tree after the manner of other Curassows. 



9. Penelope cristata (Linnaeus). 



Meleagris cristata Linn/eus, Syst. Nat., i, 269 (1766). 



Penelope purpurascens Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y. , IX, 1868, 139 (Barranca 

 and Angostura [J. Carmiol], La Palma [Zeledon]). — Erantzius, Jour, fiir 

 Orn., 1869, 372 (C. R.). — Boucard, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1878, 42 

 (San Carlos and slopes of Irazu). 



Penelope cristata Salvin, Ibis, 1869, 317 (crit. ) ; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1870, 

 525 (crit.). — Nutting, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 1882, 409 (La Palma 

 de Nicoya). — Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, 128 (Jimenez 



