1. PsopniA. 079 



b'. Wiiifr-co verts blac-k with a bronzy or pur- 

 pli;*!! 'r\oss ; scale-like fi^atlun's uf the fore 



/, ni T"") V,'^ *''"'-^' '^^l' P^'^Pl''^'' 7iape>ms, r. 280. 



0. liUick ot the neck and mantle contiiuioiis with 

 _ tlio black of the lower back and rump. 

 c'. Inner win^-coverts and inner secondaries 



white leucoptera, p. 280. 



a . Inner wing-coverts and mner secondaries 



. M i'f'''"'''^':™-^ ocAm;<e;-«, p. 231 



c. lUmtle and upper back dark chocolate-brown 

 with greenish reflections; lower back and rump 

 black; inner secondaries glossed with bright 

 ^^'^"^^ "... viridis, p. 281. 



1. Psophia crepitans. 

 Le Faisan des Antilles, Bnss. Orn. i. p. 269 (1760) 

 Psophia crepitans, Linn. S. N. i. p. 26.3 (1766) ; Gm. S. N 1 p 700 

 ^I'^^y^ .?>■'{• ^- ^i^-t- (I'lli'^t- A«'. i. p. 188 (1816): id. oli 

 desOis. in. pi. 1G2 (1834); Gra,/, Lint GralUe Brit. Mm. p. 7.3 

 Vr^-^^K.}'^- Grn.B. iii. p. 5.50 (1846); Cab. in Schomb.Rei.^. 

 Guian 111. p. ,o\ (1848) ; Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 102 (18.54) ; Biirm 

 Ih. Bras. 111. p. 399, pt. (18,56); Scl. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1867 p 59-) • 

 .^i'./-^?''^^-i^;/"-T,P- ^'•^' uo. 10072 (1871); Peh. Orn Bras. 

 pp. 298, 4oo (1871 : Barra do Rio Negro ; Maribatanas ; Cocuv • 

 .t orte do Kio Branco ; Serra Carauman) ; Scl. .f Salv. Nomencl \v 

 Aeotrop. p. 141 (1873) ; Blasim, J. f. O. 1884, p. 204 ; Tacz Orn 

 Perou, 111. p. .385 (1886 : Yquitos) ;' S'a/vin, Ibis, 1886, p. 177 

 L Agamie de Cayenne, Daubcnt. PI. Enl. v. pi. 169. 

 L'Agami, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. iv. p. 487, pi. x.xiii (1778) 

 Gold-breasted Trumpeter, Lath. Gen. St/n. ii. pt. 2, p. 793,' pi. ixviii. 



Adnlt male. General colour above as far as the middle of the back 

 black, the feathers of the mantle somewhat glistening ; the upper 

 back and scapulars dark ochre, washed with chestnut on the border 

 of the black mantle ; lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts 

 slaty black: wing-coverts, bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and 

 quills blackish brown, the former with black margins ; secondaries 

 bluish grey, dark brown towards the base of the inner web, and 

 washed with ochre near the shafts, the innermost secondaries lii^ht 

 grey, somewhat drooping and disintegrated; tail-feathers black- 

 crown of head and neck velvety black, including also the throat • 

 the feathers of the lower throat purple with shining purple tips' 

 with scarcely any tinge of steel-green, but the feathers of the foro 

 neck distinctly steel-blue and green with very little purplish reflec- 

 tions, but the lower feathers varied with reddish copper; remainder 

 of under surface from the fore neck downwards, including the 

 under wing-coverts and under tail-coverts, black. Total length 

 about 21 inches, culmcn 1-45, wing 10-7. tail 5, tarsus 5, middle 

 too and claw 2\S. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour. Total length 21 

 inches, culmeu 1-5, wing 10-5, tail 4-4, tarsus 4-S, middle toe and 

 claw 3-6. 



AestUng. Covered with dense down of a light chestnut-colour, 



