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the rough handling they had had. The two halves of each of the eggs 
were carefully put together. 
Another set of two eggs found near Caicara June i6th, 1907, 
was incubated by a common hen for a period of twenty days, when 
they hatched. These eggs, the parts of which were carefully put 
together, measure 18 x 57 and "j"} x 55 mm. 
The first pair of chicks lived onh' eleven days. The second pair 
were nineteen days old and growing rapidly when, through an acci- 
dent, they were killed. From the very day when they were born, 
they evinced a desire for a high perch at night, not seeming to have 
any fancy for being brooded by their foster mother. 
Crax alECTor Linnaeus. 
Crax alcctor L., Syst. Nat. ed. 12. I. 1766. p. 269; Berlepsch & Hartert. 
p. 120. 
Native name Pauji ciilo bianco. Not common. Seen only at IMai- 
pures and beyond. 
Penelope tacupeua Spix. 
Penelope jacnpeha Spix, Av. Bras. II. 1S23. p. 54. PI. 71 : Berlepsch & 
Hartert, p. 120. 
Birds probably of this species were seen several times abou; 
Caicara, but none were taken. The species, however, was taken in 
February, 1901, on the Caura River liy Andre and recorded by Ber 
lepsch and Hartert. 
Ortalis RUFiCAUDA Jardine. 
OrtaUda ruficauda Jard., Ann. Mag. N. H.. XX, p. 374. (1847). 
Ortalis ruficauda Berlepsch, Ibis 1884. p. 440 (Rio Apure). 
Recorded from Orinoco Region (Rio Apure) by Berlepsch (/. r.V 
Ortalis motmot (Linnaeus). 
Phasianus motmot L.. Syst. Nat. ed. 12. I. 1766. p. 271. 
Ortalis motmot Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 120. 
Native names Guacharaca. Guacharaca cerro. Not uncommon on 
the upper Orinoco and on the San Feliz River, but not observed below 
the falls of Atures. Berlepsch and Hartert record a specimen from La 
Pricion on the Caura River. 
