| OCR Text |
Show 1870.] MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON THE CRACIDAE. 511 collection. The names of ten other species are referred to as perhaps valid. Six species of this subfamily are here described as new, viz. : G. R. Gray. (Of this Synopsis.) Penelope jacquini = Pipile cumanensis. Ortalida superciliaris == O. superciliaris. O. bronzina = O. ruficauda. O. plumbeiceps = O. vetula. O. wagleri = O. wagleri. O. cinereiceps = O. cinereiceps. Mr. Gray's second subfamily, Cracince, is divided into two genera, Crax and Pauxi, tbe former containing seven, the latter three species. Three species of Crax are likewise mentioned, of which no specimens are in the national collection. Two species of Crax are described as new, viz. C. sclateri and C. daubentoni. W e mainly agree with, and have very nearly followed, Mr. Gray's discrimination of the species of this difficult genus, the principal difference being that we have restored to the species which he calls C. blumenbachii what we have endeavoured to show is its older name, 0. globicera. (1867.) Salvin, in his article on the birds of Veragua, published in the 'Proceedings' of this Society, describes a second species of the genus Chamcepetes, C. unicolor. (1868.) Prof. Huxley, in his article " O n the Classification and Distribution of the Alectoromorpha and Heteromorpha," published in this Society's " Proceedings," defines the Alectoromorpha, or typical Gallinaceous birds, and shows that they are divisible into two primary groups-the Peristeropodes and Alectoropodes, of which the former embraces two families, the Cracidee and Megapodidee. The exact position of the Cracidee in the Systema is thus first accurately determined. (1869.) Dr. Cabanis, in one of his articles upon the birds of Costa Rica, describes as new Ortalida frantzii, which, however, =0. cinereiceps, G. R. Gray (1867). (1870.) The third portion of Von Pelzeln's 'Ornithologie Brasiliens ' contains a most important addition to our knowledge of the CRACIDAE in the account of the species of this group collected bv Natterer, altogether 22 in number. Two of these are described as new; and a third (Crax mikani) is characterized from specimens in the Imperial Cabinet derived from another source. Descriptions are likewise given of other, imperfectly known species; and many important notes are added, taken either from Natterer's MS. or from v. Pelzeln's own observation. The subjoined list will show the alterations we have ventured to propose in v. Pelzeln's nomenclature :- Orn. Bras. v. Pelzeln. (Of this Synopsis.) P. 280. Penelope cristata = Penelope greeyil 281. P. nigricapilla = P. jacupeba. 283. P. nattereri = Pipile cumanensis. 284. P. grayi **= P. cumanensis. 285. Ortalida superciliaris= Ortalida araucuan. |
