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Show 522 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON THE CRACIDvE. [June 9, Clavis specierum. a. cauda fascia terminali nulla. a', secundariis unicoloribus, immarginatis. a", abdomine ameo-viridi. a'", pileo immaculato, unicolori. maxima 1. purpurascens. media 2. marail. minor 3. greeyi. b'". pileo albo variegato. a"", superciliis albis, infra nigro marginatis 4. jacucaca. b"". superciliis distinctis nullis J" major, magis viridescens 5. jacupeba. \ minor et obscurior 6, obscura. b". abdomine s u m m o aeneo, imo rufo. a'", genis unicoloribus immarginatis ("major: uropygio ferrugineo 7. cristata. [minor: uropygio fuscescente 8. boliviana. b'". genis argenteo marginatis 9. sclateri. c". abdomine toto castaneo f pileo albo 10. pileata. \ pileo rufescente 11. ochrogastra. b'. secundariis extus rufo marginatis 12. superciliaris. b. cauda fascia terminali cinnamomea 13. argyrotis. 1. PENELOPE PURPURASCENS. Penelope purpurascens, Wagl. Isis, 1830, p. 1110; Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 61 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1859, pp. 369, 391 ; Sclat. et Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 223 ; G. R. Gray, List of Gallinae, p. 6. Salpiza purpurascens, Wagl. Isis, 1832, p. 1226. Mneo-olivacea: dorsi superioris, alarum tectricum et corporis subtus ad medium ventrem plumis albo marginatis : long, tota 35, alee 15*5, caudce 15*5, tarsi 4. Hab. Mexico, Mazatlan (Bischoff in Mus. Smiths.); Tonila (Xantus) ; Oaxaca (Boucard) ; Jalapa (De Oca) ; Guatemala, Vera Paz, and Pacific Slope (Salvin) ; Honduras (Dyson). Mus. Brit., Smithson., S.-G. This is the only species of Penelope we have seen from any part of America north of Nicaragua. In Costa Rica and Panama it is replaced by P. cristata, which is easily distinguished by its deep rufous uropygium and lower belly. 2. PENELOPE MARAIL. Faisan verddtre de Cayenne, Buff. Pl. Enl. 338. Penelope jacupema, Merrem, Av. Ic. et Descr. ii. p. 41, tab. xi. (?) Penelope marail, Gmel. S. N. i. 734; Wagler, Isis, 1830, p. 1110; Temm. Pig. et Gall. iii. p. 56 et p. 692; G. R. Gray, List of Gall. p. 6. Salpiza marail, Wagl. Isis, 1832, p. 1226; Cab. in Schomb. Guian. iii. p. 745. Penelope purpurascens, J. E. Gray, Knowsl. Menag. t. 11. Obscure viridescenti-cenea : cervicis supremae et corporis subtus |