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Show 1870.] MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON THE CRACIDAE. 513 Clavis specierum. a. pectore immaculate nigro. a', mandibularum caruncula nulla. a", loris plumosis 1. globicera. b". loris nudis. a'", cauda tota nigra 2. alector. b'". cauda albo terminata 3. sclateri. b'. mandibula carunculata. c". cera flava. [cauda tota nigra 4. globulosa. \ cauda albo terminata 5. daubentoni. d". cera rubra 6. carunculata. e". cera carulea 7. alberti. b. pectore nigro albo transfasciolato 8. pinima. 1. CRAX GLOBICERA. Crax globicera, Linn. S. N. i. p. 270 (partim); Taylor, Ibis, 1860, p. 311 ; Salvin, Ibis, 1861, p. 143; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 253; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 12, ix. p. 139; Frantz. J. f. O. 1869, p. 373. Crax temminckii, Tsch. F. P. Aves, p. 287. Crax alberti, $, Fraser, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 250, tab. xxviii. ( $ .) Crax blumenbachii, G. R. Gray, List of Gall. p. 15. Crax alector, Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 223 ; Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 61. Crax rubra, Linn. S. N. i. p. 270 ( ? ) ; Temm. Pig. et Gall. iii. p. 21 et p. 687 ( ? ) ; Lawr. Ann. L .N. Y. vii. p. 301 ( ? ) ; Bennett, Gard. & Men. Z. S. ii. p. 225 ( $ ). Curasso bird, Edwards's Gleanings, pl. 295 ; unde Crax edwardsi, Reich. Tauben, p. 134. Crax albini, Lesson, Trait. d'Orn. p. 484 ( $ ). Nitenti-nigra : ventre imo crissoque albis: cristce elongatee plumis nigris, apicem versus recurvis: loris plumulosis: cera tuberculata et rostro ad basin luteis, rostri apice ceerulescente pedibus ceerulescenti-corneis: long, tota 34 poll. Angl., alee 18*5, caudce 15*5, tarsi 4*7. Fern. Castanea, ventre imo cinnamomeo: dorso superiore plus minusve nigro induto : capite cristato et cervice undique nigris, albo maculatis: alis extus caudaque nigro et ochraceo plus minusve variegatis et transfasciatis : rostro nigricante, apice pallide ceerulescente : pedibus cornels. Hab. Western Mexico (Deppe); Tehuantepec (Sumichrast in Mus. Smithson.) ; prov. Vera Cruz (Salle); Guatemala, Vera Paz and Pacific coast (Salvin); Belize (Leyland); Honduras (Taylor) ; Costa Rica (ty. Frantz.) ; Panama (M'Cleannan). Mus. Brit., Smithson., S.-G. Linnaeus's Crax globicera is founded mainly upon the Crax curas-sous of Brisson (Orn. i. p. 300), which is more likely to be intended for this species than for any other. Brisson mentions the tubercula ad basin rostri, rotunda, lutea-which excludes every thing except the present bird and C. daubentoni. And as he says nothing whatever of the tail being tipped with white, the balance of evidence is in favour of the former hypothesis. Crax rubra of Linnaeus, founded |
