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530 MESSRS SCLATER AND SALVIN ON THE CRACIDiE. [June 9, Museum to P. cumanensis; but in other respects the examples of the two supposed species agree. Von Pelzeln has named two Nattererian specimens of Pipile from Mato Grosso (Orn. Bras. p. 284) Penelope grayi, supposing them to be the P. jacquinii of Gray (nee Reichenbach), but does not ex­plain how they differ from his P. nattereri, i. e. P. cumanensis. 2. PIPILE JACUTINGA. Penelope pipile, var. a, Temm. Pig. et Gall. iii. p. 76, et p. 69. Penelope jacutinga, Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p. 53, t. 70 (1825); Gray, List of Gallinae, p. 8 ; Pelzeln, Orn. Bras. p. 283. Penelope leucoptera, Max. Reise,i.p. 139, ii. p. 110; Beitr. iv.p.544. Penelope pipile, Wagl. Isis, 1830, p. 1109; Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 336 ; Pelzeln, Sitzungsb. Ak. Wien, xxxi. p. 329. Penelope nigrifrons, Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 482. Pipile leucolophos, Bp. Compt. Rend. xiii. p. 877 ; Reichenb. Tauben, p. 152. Pipile nigrifrons, Bp. C. R. xiii. p. 877. Yacu-apeti, Azara, Apunt. iii. p. 80. Nigra purpureo-nitens .- fronte nigra: pileo cum nucha albo, scapis plumarum anguste nigris: plaga alari maxima et cervicis subtuspectoriscpie plumarum marginibus albis: genis partim plumosis cceruleis : caruncula gulari rubra : long, tota 28, 14, caudee 12, tarsi 2*6. Hab. Wood-region of S.E. Brazil (Max. et Burm.) ; San Paulo (Natt.) ; Paraguay (Azara). Mus. Brit., Vindob., S.-G. 3. PIPILE CUJUBI. Penelope cujubi, Pelzeln, Sitzungsb. Ak. Wien, xxxi, p. 329 (1858); Orn. Bras. p. 284. Pipile cujubi, Reichenb. Tauben, p. 153. Brunneo-nigra, nitore violaceo : pileo nigro, plumis albo margi­natis ; fronte alba, scapis plumarum nigris : tectricibus alarum albo striatis: caruncula gulari rubra : long, tota 26, alee caudce 11, tarsi 2*3. Hab. Para (Natt.). Mus. Brit., Vindob., Paris. There is one specimen of this rare Guan in the British Museum and one in the Paris collection, both originally from birds living in captivity. The species may be immediately distinguished by the want of the conspicuous white wing-patch, which is replaced by narrow edgings to some of the wing-coverts. Genus 5. ABURRIA. T Aburria, Reichenb. Av. S. N. p. xxvi (1859) . . A. carunculata. ABURRIA CARUNCULATA. Penelope aburri, Lesson, Diet, des Sci. Nat. lix. p. 191 ; Man. d'Orn. p. 482 ; ej. Compl. p. 426 ; Gray, List of Gall. p. 9.