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1870. ScLATER, P. L, and Salvix, O. — Continued. 



§2. Brief Chronological Account of the "Writings of the Principal Anthorities on the 

 Oracidce, pp. 505-512: an analysis of the literature of the subject, noting principal articles in 

 works of •wider scope, as well as special papers. Of this 1 give the following condensation: 



1766. Linn., Sijst. Nat, i. Pive .species: Crax (g. n.) rubra, globicera, , , and 



Phasianus motmot. 

 1780 (about). PL Enl. SG^Crax daubentoni; 125:= C. globicera 9 ; H^Pauxi galeata; 

 3.38 = Penelope marail. 



1783. BoDDAEUT, Tabl. P. E. Phasianus katraka sp. n. = r. E. 146= Ortalida motmot. 



1784. Jacquin, Beyt. Oeseh. Yog. Crax cumanensis, pi. 19; C.pipile. pi. 11. 



1786. Merre.m, Ic. Av., fasc. 2dus, p. 40. Crax, L. ; Penelope, g. n., type P. jaeupema ; 



Ortalida, g. n., type Phas. motmot, L. [On this name, see especially "Whaktox, 



Ibis, 1879, 1). 450.] P.jacupema and P. leucolophos figured. 

 1788. Gmelix, Syst. Kat. Penelope eristata, P. cum,anensis, P. marail, P. satyra (a Cerv- 



ornis), P. voeiferans, Phasianus parraka. 

 1790. Lathaji, Ind. Orn. Crax galeata, n. sp. = C. pauxi, L. 



1811. Humboldt, Rec. Obs. Zool., i, p. 4. Phasianus garrulus sp. n. ( := Ortalida garrula.) 

 1815. Temm., Pig. et Gall., vol. ii. Pauxi, g. n. ; Crax carunculata, Penelope obxcura, P. 



superciliaris, spp. nn. 

 1823. Temm., PI. CoJ., livT. 26. Ourax = Pauxi; O. mitu SgaTed. 

 1825. Spix. Av. Bras., vol. ii. Crax fasciolata, urumutum,, tomentosa, blumenbachii, globii- 



losa, rubrirostris, tuberosa, Penelope jaciiacu, jacucaca, jacutinga, jaeupeba, jacu- 



pernba, guttata, araueuan, described and figured. 

 1828. Lessox, Man. Ocn., vol. ii. Penelope aburri, Ortalida goudoti, Crax albini, spp. nn. 



1830. Wagler, Eevisio generis Penelope. [See the paper in this Bibliography, ante.i, 1830.] 



1831. Lessox, Tr. Om. Mitu, g. n., p. 485. 



1832. "Wagleu, Isis. Salpiza, Cham,aepetes, gerin. nn. 



1833. Maxhiiliax, Beit. Naturg. Bras. Crax rubrirostris, Penelope superciliaris. P. leu- 



coptera, P. araueuan. 

 1835.BEXXETT, Oard. and Menag. Zool. Soc. Descr. and figs, of 6 spp.; Crax yarrelli, 



orig. descr., but see P. Z. S., 1831, p. 33. 

 1841. Strickl., Ann. Nat. Hist., vii. Mitu, Less., changed to Mitua, p. 36. 

 1844. Gray, Gen. of B., iii. 34 -f 3 spp. of Craeidce. Oreophasis derby anus, g. sp. n., p. 



485, pi. 121. 

 1844-46. TscHUDi, Fn. Peru. Crax temminckii, Penelope aspersa, P. rujiventris, spp. nn. 



1846. Grat, ,T. E., Knoivsley Menag. Four col'd pll. of Penelope superciliaris, P. pileata, 



P. pipile, P. purpurascens. 



1847. Jardixe, Ann. Nat. Hist. Ortalida ruficauda, sp. n. 

 1850. Eraser, P. Z. S. Crax alberti, Penelope nigra, .spp. nn. 

 1852. Rkichexbach, Av. Syst. Nat. Penelops, Aburria, genn. nn. 



1856. BOXAFAETE, Compt. Rend., Tableaux Gallinac6s. Pipile (g. u.) argyrotes, Ortalida 

 montaguii, spp. nn. 



1856. BfRMEisTER, Syst. Uebers.Th. Bras., vol. iii. On P. nothicrax, g. n., p. 347. 



1858. Pelzelx. Penelope cujubi, Xatt. MS. 



1858. Baiud, Birds N. Amer. Ortalida maccallii, sp. n. 



186-. Eeichexbach, Volht. Naturg. Tauben. Pour new spp. of Crax, one n. sp. of Penelope 

 Crax divided into Crax, Mituporanga (g. n.), Crossolaryngus (g. n.), and Sphoero 

 laryngus ; Penelopsis =^ Penelops, Keich., Av. Syst. Nat.; Penelopina, g. n. 



1866. QviKY,P. Z. S. Penelope greeyii, HTp.u. 



1867. Gray, Gallince Br. Mjs. Penelope jacquini, Ortalida superciliaris, O. bronzina, O 



plumbeiceps, 0. wagleri, O. cinereiceps, Crax sclateri, C. daubentoni, spp. nn. 

 1867. Sai,vix, p. Z. S. Chamaepetes unicolor, sp. n. 

 1869. Cabaxis, J.f. O. Ortalida frantzii, sp. n. 

 §3. Synopsis of the siiecies of Craeidce, pp. 512-541. The 52 spp. known to the authors are 

 divided into 3 subfamilies: 1) Cracince, with 4 genera (Crax, Nothocrax, Pauxi, Mitua); 2) 

 Penclopince, with 7 genera {Stegnolcema (g. n., p. 521), Penelope, Penelopina, Pipile, Aburria 

 Chamcepetes. Ortalida (O. ruficrissa, sp. n., p. 538) ) ; 3) Oreophasince, 1 g. sp. — The species are 

 elaborately worked up, with copious synonymy, diagnosis, distribution, and criticism. 

 § 4. Geographical Distribution of the Craddce, pp. 541-544. 



1871. BuRMEiSTER, [ H. ] [Extracts from a letter on Messrs. Sclater and Salvin's Synop 



sis of tlie Cracidaj (P. Z. S.^ 1870, \k 504).] <P. Z. S., xxxix, 1871, pp. 701, 702 

 Eelating chiefly to the geographical distribution of certain species. 

 1871. ScLATER, P. L. [On additions to the Society's Menagerie.] <^ P. Z, S., xxxix, 

 1871, pp. 36, 37. 

 Pipile cumanensis. 



