7. PENCLOI'INA. 503 



Isfc primiiry is shorter than the 2ik1, which is about equal to the 

 10th, and the 6th is sliglitl)- the longest.] , 



No crest. 



Tarsus longer than the middle toe and claw. 



lianije. Highlands of Guatemala. 



1. Penelopina nigra. 



Penelope niger, Fraser, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 246, pi. xxix, 



Teiielope nigra, Sclat. ^ Saloin, If/is, 1859, p. 224 ; &ilvm, P. Z. -V. 



18(37, p. 160[Volcaude Agua]; Gray, ILand-l. B. ii. p. 251 (1870). 

 Penelopina nigra, Iteichenh. Tauben, p. 152 (1862) ; ScUtt. i^- Saliin, 



P. Z. S. 1870, p. 528 [Guatemala]. 



Adult male. Whole of the plumage black glossed with dark green or 

 bluish green ; the underparts, especially the belly, browner and less 

 strongly glossed. Iris reddish brown ; naked space round the eye 

 purple ; naked skin of the chin, throat, fore part of neck, and large 

 wattle red ; bill, legs, and feet red. Total length 25 inches, wing 

 y'3, tail 11, tarsus 2-S-3, middle toe and claw 2-G-2-S. 



Immature mahs have the plumage of the upper parts black, irre- 

 gularly barred with wavy rufous lines, most strongly marked on the 

 upper tail-coverts, and on these parts traces of rufous lines still 

 remain when the rest of the plumage has become black. The under- 

 parts arc brown, with wavy buti' and rufous-buff bars. 



Adult female. Top of the head black, each feather edged with 

 brown ; those of the back and sides of the neck brown with dark 

 middles ; rest of the upper parts somewhat irregularly barred with 

 rufous and black, the latter colour slightly glossed with green on 

 the wing-coverts and tail ; the markings are finest on the lower 

 back and coarsest on the upper and under tail-coverts and middle 

 pairs of tail-feathers. Primaries irregularly mottled with buff on 

 the margins of the outer webs. Chest sandy brown, indistinctly 

 mottled with black ; breast and sides with irregular concentric bars 

 of rufous buff and dark brown ; belly brownish grey, indistinctly 

 mottled with dusky. Soft parts as in the male. Total length 24 

 inches, wing 9-3, tail 11, tarsus 2-S, middle toe and claw 2-6. 



flab. Same as that of the genus. 



«. c? ad. St. Guatemala. Gould Coll. 



b-e. cf ad. sk. Vera Paz, Guatemala (O. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salrin). 



f. cJimm.sk. Coban, Vera Paz, Nov. (0.6'.). Salvui-Godman Coll. 



ij. S imm. sk. El Kincon, San Marcos, Oct. Salvin-Godman Coll 



( W . B. Richardson). 



h. 2 ad. sk. Volcande Agua, Dec. (0.6'.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



i-l. cJ ad.etimm.sk. VolcandeFuego, 11ec.(0. &). Salvin-Godman CoU. 



m,n. S vixad. et $ Volcandolniego,Dec.(0.6'.). Tweeddalo Coll. 



ad. sk. 



o-q. $ ad. St. ct c^ "\olcan de Fuego (0. .S'.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



imm. sk. 



