496 CB.ACI-DM. 



6. Penelope ortoni. 



Penelope ortoni, Salvin, Ibis, 1874, p. 325 [Pichincha, W. Ecuador] ; 

 Berlepsch ^- Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, pp. 537, 576 [Chinibo, W. 

 Ecuador]. 



Brownish bronze, scarcely washed with green ; top of head 

 darker ; the feathers of the breast narrowly margined on the sides 

 with white ; these white markings are confined to the pectoral region, 

 and do not extend to the back of the neck as in P. jacupeha and 

 P. marail. Total length 32 inches, wing 11, tail 9 "4, tarsus 2-2, 

 middle toe and claw 2*1. 



Hab. Western Ecuador. 



7. Penelope purpurascens. 



Penelope cristata, Bo7in. (nee Linn.) Tabl. Encyd. Meth. i. p. 171, 

 pi. 84. fig. 2 (1791). 



Penelope purpurascens, Wagl. Isis, 1830, p. 1110; Sclat. P. Z. S. 

 1859, pp. 369, 391 [S. Mexico] ; Sclat. i|- Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 223 

 [Central America] ; Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 61 [Honduras] ; Grai/, 

 List GallincB Brit. Mus. p. 6 (1867) [Guatemala] ; id. Hand-l. B. 

 ii. p. 250 (1870) : Sclat. | Sahin, P. Z. S. 1870, p. ry22 [Mazatlan, 

 Mexico, Tonila, Oaxaca, Jalapa, Vera Paz] ; Sumichrast , La Natu- 

 raleza, ii. p. 37 (1871) [Vera Cruz] ; Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. ii. p. 306 

 (1874); Boucard, P.Z. S. 1883, pp.434, 459 [Yak -Jonat, Yucatan] ; 

 Meyer, Voyel-Skel. pt. xviii. pi. clxxviii. (1892). 



Salpiza purpurascens, Wagl. Isis, 1832, p. 1226. 



Adult male and female. General colour above dull brownish olive 

 glossed with bronze-green, changing to a purplish gloss on the 

 secondaries and upper tail-coverts ; top of the head dark brown 

 with a slight purplish gloss ; feathers of the mantle margined 

 on the sides with white ; lower back and rump brown with a 

 bronze tinge ; feathers of the neck, chest, breast, and thighs brown, 

 margined with white on the sides ; belly and rest of underparts 

 dull brown ; the under tail-coverts with a slight purplish gloss. 

 Total length 34-o inches, wing 15, tail 14-6, tarsus 3-4, middle toe 

 and claw 3-2. 



Immature specimens have the lower back, rump, belly, tail- 

 coverts, and the margins of the tail-feathers mottled with rufous 

 and dusky. 



Hah. Mexico, Yucatan, Guatemala, and Honduras. 



a-e. 6 ? a-d. et Sierra Madre, above Ciudad Salvin-Godmau Coll. 

 imm. sk. Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico 



( W. B. Richardson). 



f. S ad. sk. Santa Anna, River Jalapa, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Vera Cruz, Oct. {Ferrari- 

 Perez). 



g. 5 ad. sk. Hacienda de los AtUxcos, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Mexico, March (F. D. G.). 

 h. 2 vix ad. sk. Villa Alta, Oaxaca, Mexico, Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



March [Trujillo). 

 i. Ad. sk. Chimalapa,Tehuautepec,March Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(W. B. Richardson). 



