Aug. 1922. Game Birds — Osgood & Conover. 31 



are rather shy of a close approach, which may be because of their 

 being much hunted. 



Local name, Pava paujil or Pava. 



Penelope argyrotis Bonaparte. 

 La Azulita, 3. 



Found only at La Azulita where it appeared to be abundant. These 

 guans were found in pairs in late April, probably just starting to mate. 

 They are noisy birds as are all guans. On hearing or catching a 

 glimpse of anything strange, they would begin their noisy, scolding 

 chatter. These birds were very hard to make out sitting in the trees, 

 but generally after a short time exposed themselves by moving slightly 

 or perhaps flying to the next tree. 



Local name, Pava. 



Ortalis ruficrissa baliolus subsp. nov. 



Type from Orope, State of Zulia, Venezuela. No. 34399 Field 

 Museum of Natural History. Adult male. Collected March 12, 1908, 

 by Ned Dearborn. Orig. No. 6(X). 



Characters. Adult male : Similar to 0. r. ruficrissa of Colombia, 

 but larger and with general coloration darker and much more rufescent, 

 especially on the underparts from the lower breast to the crissum. 

 Compared with a specimen of O.r. ruficrissa from Dibulla, Sta. Marta, 

 Colombia, kindly loaned by Mr. W. E. C. Todd, of Pittsburgh, the 

 crown of the head is darker gray, the lower breast, belly, flanks and 

 thighs darker olive, with a heavy wash of rufous, and the crissum and 

 under tail coverts are much darker rufous chestnut. Wing, 220; tail, 

 263 ; exposed culmen, 27 ; tarsus, 71.5 ; middle toe with nail, 66. 



Another adult male from Orope corresponds with the type, while 

 a male specimen from the Rio Cogollo, which appears to be an imma- 

 ture bird, might be said to be intermediate between O. r. ruficrissa, and 

 O. r. baliolus, except that in size it is much smaller than either, its 

 wing measuring only 196. It is possible that mature birds from that 

 region would not differ from the Orope ones. The new form is charac- 

 terized principally by its heavily rufescent abdomen and surrounding 

 parts. Its habitat is in a heavy humid forest, whereas typical ruficrissa 

 is evidently confined to light arid or semi-arid forest. 



These birds were common in the Tropical Zone, being seen in the 

 vicinity of the Rio Cogollo, at the mouth of the Rio Guachi, and at 

 Lagunillas. They were rather shy and secretive, seeming to lack the 



