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Show 536 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON THE CRACID.E. [June 9, viridi, rectricibus tribus externis castaneo late terminatis: rostro plumbeo flavicante terminato, pedibus pallide corylinis: long. tota 20, alee 8*1, caudce 10, tarsi 2*5. Hab. Brazil, prov. Sta Catherina(?) (Wells in Mus. Smiths.). Mus. Brit., Smithson. The bird we have described above appears to be very closely allied to O. albiventris, which it probably represents in the more southern portion of Brazil. Mr. G. R. Gray having named the single specimen in the British Museum " 0. scquamata, Lesson," we have followed his determination, although Lesson's description is, as usual, short and vague, and would be equally applicable to more than one other member of the genus. Our characters of this species are taken from a skin belonging to the Smithsonian Institution, which was collected in Brazil by Mr. Lemuel Wells, probably in the province of Santa Catarina. 9. ORTALIDA CARACCO. Penelope, sp., Poeppig, Froriep's Notiz. 1831, no. 681, Beil, p. 8. Ortalida caracco, Wagl. Isis, 1832, p. 1111. Ortalida adspersa, G. R. Gray, List of Gall. p. 13. Saturate eeneo-viridis, fronte albescente .- uropygio paulum rufescente tincto: subtus dilutior, gutturis et pectoris plumis stride albo marginatis, abdomine grisescenti-eeneo, hypochondriis et crisso rufescentibus: rectricibus externis castaneis: cceteris eeneo-viridibus: rostro plumbeo, apice albicante; pedibus fuscis : long. tota 22, alee 9, caudee 10, tarsi 2*5. Hab. New Granada (Mus. Vindob.), Upper Amazonia (Poeppig). Mus. Brit., Vindob., S.-G. Similis 0. guttatce, sed crassitie majore, fronte albicante, et cervicis plumarum marginibus angustius albis distinguenda. W e have a single specimen of this bird, received in exchange from the Vienna Museum, under the name we have adopted for it. It is labelled "Bogota, Boissoneau." There is a single skin in the British Museum well agreeing with it, which Mr. Gray has called Ortalida adspersa ; but having one of Tschudi's type specimens of O. adspersa, we have been enabled to decide that this name is merely a synonym of 0. guttata. 10. ORTALIDA GUTTATA. Penelope guttata, Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p. 55, t. 73; Wagl. Isis, 1830, p. 1112; Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 341. Ortalida guttata, Wagl. Isis, 1832, p. 1227; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 76 ; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 598. Ortalida adspersa, Tsch. Wiegm. Arch. 1843, p. 363 ; Faun. Per. Aves, p. 290. Ortalida albiventris, Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 286. Penelope maculata, Natt. M S . Supra eeneo-viridis, pileo nigricantiore .- uropygio toto rufescente subtus gutturis et cervicis plumis grisesccnti-albido gultatis: ventre |