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Show 528 MESSRS. SCLATER A N D SALVIN O N T H E CRACID,*E. [June 9, Salpiza superciliaris, Wagl. Isis, 1832, p. 1226. Penelope jacupemba, Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p. 55, t. 72. Supra eeneo-viridis, superciliis angustis albis : secundariorum et caudee tectricum plumis rufo marginatis : subtus magis cinerea, plumis usque ad medium ventrem albo marginatis: ventre imo et crisso rufescentibus: long, tota 26, alee 9*caudee 10*8, tarsi 2*7. Hab. Wood-region of S.E. Brazil (Max. et Burm.); vie. of Bahia (Wucherer); provinces of Rio and San Paulo (Natt.). Mus. Brit., Vindob., Smithson., S. & G. The rufous edgings to the secondary wing-feathers render this Guan readily recognizable. The superciliary stripe, although distinct, is not so broad as in P. jacucaca, nor does it extend across the forehead as in the latter species. There are several examples of this bird now living in the Society's Gardens. 13. PENELOPE ARGYROTIS. Pipile argyrotis, Bp. C. R. xiii. p. 875(1856). Penelope montana, Licht. in Mus. Berol. (Nomencl. p. 86) ; Bp. C. R. xiii. p. 877 (descr. nulla) ; Reichenb. Tauben, p. 151. Penelope lichtensteinii, G. R. Gray, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 269 ; et List Gall. p. 7 (1867). Fuscescenti-eeneo-viridis: dorsi superioris, alarum tectricum corporis subtus plumis albo marginatis : uropygio et ventre imo cum lateribus rufescentibus : pileo cuprescenti-ceneo, frontis, superciliarum et genarum plumis albo marginatis : caudee rectricibus lateralibus eeneo-nigris, fascia apicali polltcari terminatis, mediis rufescentibus apicem versus cinnamomeis: long, tota 25, alee 11, caudee 11, tarsi 2*3. Hab. Venezuela, S. Martha (Verreaux); Caraccas (Mus. Paris.); Int. of New Granada, Bogota (Mus. S.-G.). Mus. Brit., Paris., S. & G. Sclater has examined two skins of this Guan in the Paris Museum, which are marked Pipile argyrotis in Bonaparte's own handwriting, and has thus determined the species to which the term is referable. This could hardly have been even guessed at from the fragment of description attached to the name in the ' Comptes Rendus.' The distinct and peculiar terminal tail-band at once distinguishes this Penelope from all its congeners. Genus 3. PENELOPINA. T Penelopina, Reichenb. Columb. p. 152 P. nigra. PENELOPINA NIGRA. Penelope nigra, Fraser, P.Z. S. 1850, p. 246, pl. 29; Sclat. et Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 224; Salv. P. Z.S. 1867, p. 160. Penelopina nigra, Reichenb. Tauben, p. 152. |