6. PENELOPE. 493 



and breast olive-brown, each feather margined all round with 

 greyish white ; belly and rest of underparts rufous brown. Total 

 length 22 inches, wing 9'5, tail 10, tarsus 2-4, middle toe and 

 claw 2'3. 



This species has the chin and throat, as a rule, more or less 

 covered with feathers, and thus differs somewhat from the other 

 members of the genus. It resembles P. arfji/rotis and P. sclateri iu 

 having the feathering on the legs extending some distance below 

 the joint. 



Homo specimens in which the wattle on the fore part of the 

 neck is devclo])ed have the throat mostly naked or only thinly clad 

 with hlack feathers with elongate hair-like shafts. In specimens 

 exhibiting the above characters, the bellj' and flanks are more or 

 less distinctly barred with dusky : whether these differences denote 

 age, sex, or season, I am at present unable to say, but I am inclined 

 to believe that they may bo characteristic of younger examples. 



Ifab. Venezuela, U.S. of Colombia, Ecuador. 



a, b. (J ad. sk. Sierra Nevada, Merida, Vene- Sah-in-Godmau Coll. 



zuela { Goering). 



c, d. Ad. sk. Int. of U.S. of Colombia. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Vicinity of Bogota, U.S.C. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



/. Ad. St. E3uadar. Purchased of M. Ver- 



reaux. 



g, h. Ad. sk. San Jos6, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. .\d. sk. Pasto, Ecuador {Lehmann). Salvin-Godman CoU. 



k, I. Ad. sk. No locality. Purchased. 



m. Skeleton. U.S. Colombia. Eyton Coll. 



3. Penelope sclateri. 



Penelope sclateri. Gray, P. Z. S. 1800, p. 270 ; Reichenh. Tauben, 

 p. 151 {1862) ; Gmy, List Gallinee Brit. Mus. p. 7 (18ti7) [Bolivia]; 

 id. JIaml-l. L'.ii. p. 250 (1870) ; Sclat. ^- Salvin, P. Z. S. 1870, 

 p. 527 ; Sclat. P. Z. 6'. 1873, p. 7sO [Iluasampilla] ; Sclat. 4" 

 Salvin, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 679 [Peru] ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. oo8 

 [Central Peru] ; Sclat. ^- Salvin, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 040 [Bolivia] ; 

 Tacz. P. Z. S. 18^2, p. 48 [N.E. Peru]. 



Adult. EasUy recognized from P. montar/nii by having the super- 

 ciliary stripe and the feathers on the sides of the face whiter and 

 more marked ; the lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts less 

 rufous and browner; the pale edgings on the chest and breast 

 narrower and confined to the sides of the feathers only ; tlie chin 

 and throat almost naked, as in the other species of Pendopc, though 

 in some specimens the chin and upper part of the throat are 

 partially feathered. Total length 22 inches, wing 9-5 to 102, tail 

 9'4, tarsus 2-4, middle toe and claw 2"3. 



A IVruvian bird from Iluasanijiilla differs from typical specimens 

 of P. sclateri from Bolivia in liaving the general colour of the upper 

 parts browner, and llio lower back. rump, and upper tail-coverts 

 as well as the belly and underparts darker chestnut. One specimen, 

 however, from Bolivia, very nearly approaches the Peruvian bird in 



