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Show 1870.] MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON THE CRACIDJE. 533 In one of our skins of this species from the Rio Negro (Natt.), the three outer pairs of rectrices are wholly chestnut down to the base; in a second (from Demerara) there are traces of bronzy green at the base. 2. ORTALIDA ARAUCUAN. Penelope aracuan, Spix, Av. Bras. ii. t. 74. Penelope araucuan, Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p. 56; Wagl. Isis, 1830, p.1112. Ortalida araucuan, Wagl. Isis, 1832, p. 1227 ; G. R. Gray, List of Gall. p. 11. Ortalida superciliaris, Pelzeln, Orn. Bras. p. 285. Supra ceneo-fusca unicolor, pileo parum obscuriore: subtus saturate grisea, ventro medio dilutiore: rectricibus quatuor mediis ceteris castaneis, ad basin ceneis : rostro plumbeo, apice flavicante, pedibus plumbeis: long, tota 16*5, alee 7, caudee 8, tarsi Hab. Lower Amazonia, prov. Maranham (Spix) ; vicinity of Para (Natterer). Mus. Brit., Vindob., S.-G. Obs. Similis preecedenti, sed crassitie minore et pileo obscuro nee rufo facile distinguenda. This Ortalida must be carefully distinguished from O. albiventris of S.E. Brazil-a very different species, which has been called O. araucuan by Max. and Burmeister. O. albiventris is a larger bird, and has the head and uropygium bright rufous, and the belly white. Natterer obtained examples of this bird at Para, the Rio Muria, and Praia de Cajutaba. One of these is now in Salvin and Godman's collection. This species is probably the representative of O. motmot on the south bank of the Amazons. 3. ORTALIDA RUFICEPS. Penelope ruficeps, Wagl. Isis, 1830, p. 111. Ortalida ruficeps, Wagl. Isis, 1832, p. 1227. Pileo ac nucha rufis : notceo toto olivaceo-fusco : pectore griseo-olivaceo : gastreeo griseo : cristo fuscescente : rectricibus mediis ceneo-fuscis, sequente concolori, apice rufescente: prima medietate et ultra ceneo-fuscis: dein cinnamomeo-rufis. Adult, long, tota 16*25, caudce 7*8. Hab. Brazil. Mus. Berol. Obs. Similis P. motmot et P. albiventris : a prima statura minore, caudae pictura &c, ab altera uropygii, pectoris, caudae colore, statura minore &c, satis distincta. (Wagler.) We have no examples of this Ortalida ; but Sclater has examined the type in the Berlin Museum, and believes it to be a good species. W e have copied Wagler's description of it. It appears to be most like 0. motmot, but is much smaller, and has the basal portion of the outer tail-feathers aeneous. |