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Show 526 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN O N T H E CRACIDAE. [June 9, Penelope purpurascens, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 12. Penelope brasiliensis, Bp. C. R. xiii. p. 877- Penelope jacuaca, Salvin, Ibis, 1869, p. 317. The Guan, Bennett, Gardens & Men. Z. S. ii. p. 131. JEneo-viridis, pileo obscuriore : dorso imo et ventre toto cum crisso castaneis: corporis subtus plumis albo marginatis: long, tota 35, alae 14*5, caudce 15, tarsi 3*5. Hab. Costa Rica (Carmiol) ; Panama (McCleannan); New Granada (Mus. S.-G.) ; British Guiana (Schomb.). Mus. Brit., S.-G. Whatever the Meleagris cristata of Linnaeus may have been intended for, there seems to be little donbt that the Penelope cristata of Latham, Temminck, and Wagler refers to this species, which is readily known by its large size (almost equal to that of P. purpurascens) and the deep chestnut of the lower back and belly. Mr. Gray considers P. jacuacu of Spix referable to the present species ; but it seems to us that it is much more reasonable to refer Spix's figure and description to tbe next, similar but smaller species, which is from the very country where Spix discovered it. W e have examined specimens of this bird from Costa Rica, Panama, and New Granada; we have not yet met with Guianan examples, and it is possible that they may belong to the next species. 8. PENELOPE BOLIVIANA. Penelope jacuacu, Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p. 52, t. 68 (?). Penelope boliviano, Reich. Taub. p. 151 ; Bp. C. R. xiii. p. 877; G. R. Gray, List of Gall. p. 7 (1867); Pelz. Orn. Bras. pp. 282, 339. Penelope rufescens, Natt. M S . Supra azneo-viridis : dorsi superioris et tectricum alarum plumis albo marginatis, dorso inferiore fuscescente : subtus, preecipue in ventre, rufescens; cervicis et pectoris plumis albo marginatis : long, tota 26, alee 12*3, caudce 13, tarsi 3*4. Hab. Solimoens (Spix); Rio Madeira et Lake Manaqueri, Upper Amazon (Natterer); Yurimaguas (E. Bartlett); Rio Huallaga (P'uppig). Mus. Brit., Vindob., S. & G. This Guan most nearly resembles the large species we have called P. cristata, but is distinguishable by its smaller size, by tbe lower back being only slightly rufescent instead of deep chestnut, by the w'ell-defined white edgings of the feathers of the upper back (which are almost, if not quite, absent in P. cristata), and by the rufescent colour below extending over the lower surface of the breast, though with'a more subdued tint. Our description is taken from one of Natterer's Amazonian specimens, which agrees with the bird called P. boliviana in the British Museum, and with Mr. Bartlett's skin from Yurimaguas. There is a living example of this bird now in the Society's Gardens. |