oOl 



12. Penelope ochrogaster. 



Penelope ochrogaster, Natterer, v. Pfh. Om. Brax. pp. :^82, ^'-i? 

 (1870) [Cuyaba]; Grai/, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 2.'31 (1870); Scl. S,- 

 Sdlvin, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 527. 



Adult malt', lleadily distinguisliecl from P. pUeata, to which it is 

 most nearly allied, by having the fjjeiieral colour of both upper and 

 under parts decidedly paler ; all the feathers on the top of head 

 reddish brown, margined along the sides with whitish ; the nape 

 and back of the neck dull olive-lirown, faintly washed with rufous, 

 and scared}' differing in colour from the lower parts of the 

 mantle; and the secondaries and middle tail-feathers with a pale 

 rufous tinge. Total length ;30 inches, wing 13'3, tail i4"2, tarsus 

 3-5, middle toe and claw 3*1 



Hab. Brazil : near Cuyaba, Matto Grasso. 



a. (S ud. sk. Engenho do Pari, INlatto Salvin-Godman CoU. (One 

 Grosso, June {Natterer). of the typical specimens.) 



13. Penelope jacucaca. 



Penelope jacucaca, Sjjuv, Av. Bras. ii. p. 53, pi. Of) (1825) "Bahia]; 



Waql. Isis, 1830, p. 1110; Scl at. ^- Sale. P. Z. S. 1870^ p. 523; 



Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 251 (1870) ; Sahin, Ibis, 1886, p. 175. 

 Salpiza jacucaca, Wafil. Isis, 1832, p. 1226 ; Cab. in Schomb. Brit. 



Guiayi. iii. p. 745 (18^8). 

 Penelope superciliaris, J. E. Gray, Knowsl. Menay. ii. pi. viii. (1846). 

 Penelope superciliosa, Cuv.Jide Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 251 (1870). 



Adult male and female. The whole of the plumage brown ; the 

 feathers of the middle of the head dark brown ; those of the fore- 

 head margined on tlie sides with white; a wide white band borders 

 each side of the head ; upper parts slightly washed with dull green ; 

 most of the wing-coverts, scapulars, and feathers of the chest and 

 breast edged on the sides with white. 



From P. pileata and P. ochrogaster, to which it is most nearly 

 allied, it is at once distinguished by having the general colour of 

 the underparts brown ; it also differs from the former and resembles 

 the latter species in having the back of the neck and upper mantle 

 much the same colour as the rest of the upper parts. Total length 

 28 inches, wing ll'S, tail 11*1, tarsus 3-2, middle toe and claw 3*2. 



Hah. Bahia, Brazil, and British Guiana. 



a. $ ad. sk. S. .Vnierica, March. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b-d. S ad.etad.sk. S.E. Brazil, Jan., Feb., Apr. Salvin-Oodman (^oll. 

 e. Skeleton. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



14. Penelope argyrotis. 



Pipile argyrotis, Bouap. C. It. .\lii. p. 875 (1856) [Caracas]. 

 I'enclope montana, Licht. in ^Jits. Berol., Boiiap. C. Ii. xlii. p. 877 



(1856); Ixeichenb. Tauben, p. 151 (18()2). 

 Penelope lichtensteinii, Gray, P. Z. S. I860, p. 269 [Venezuela]; id. 



Li.st Galliiuc Brit. Mus. ]>. 7 (1867) 



