50() CRACID^. 



parts of the sides of head and fore part of neck similar but paler ; 

 rest of upper parts olive-brown, with a rufous tinge in freshly 

 moulted specimens ; quills and central pairs of tail-feathers browu 

 with a distinct greenish gloss ; outer tail-feathers maroon ; chest 

 and breast brownish or olivaceous grey ; belly somewhat paler ; 

 thighs and under tail-coverts darker, sometimes washed with rufous. 

 Bill slate-colour ; iris brown ; legs and toes purplish pink. Total 

 length 23 inches, wing 8'3, tail 10*3, tarsus 2-7, middle toe and 

 claw 2-4. 



Hah. Caj'enne, British Guiana, Rio Negro, and Bio Branco. 



a. Ad. sk. S. America. Baron Laugier [C.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Demerara, British Guiana. Salvin-Godman Coll, 



c. S ad. sk. Iloraima, British Guiana, April (//. Salviu-Godman Coll. 



Whitely). 

 (I. (^ ad. sk. Bartica Grove, British Guiana, Jan. Salvin-Godiuan Coll. 



(H. Whitely). 

 e. c? ad. sk. Rio Negro, Dec. (Natterer). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



/, (J. Skeletons. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Crtalis araucuan. 



Penelope araucuan, Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p. 56 (1825) LProvince of 



Maranhao] ; Wcif/l. Isis, 1830, p. 1112. 

 Penelope aracuan, Spi.r, Av. Bras. ii. pi. 74 (1825). 

 Ortalida araucuan, Wagl. Isis, 1832, p. 1227 ; Gray, List Gallince 



Brit. Mus. p. 11 (1867) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 252 (1870) ; Sclat. 



^ Salvin, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 533; Reinhardt, Vid. Medd. Kjohenh. 



1870, p. 4. 

 Ortalida superciliaris, Pelz. (nee Gray) Orn. Bras. p. 285 (1871) 



[Para]. 



Adult male. Very similar to but much smaller than 0. moimoi, 

 from which it also differs in having the top of the head, nape, 

 and feathered parts of the sides of the head dark browu. Total 

 length 17 inches, wing 6'8, tail 8"2, tarsus I'd, middle toe and 

 claw 1-8. 



Mab. Brazil : Province of Maranhao and vicinity of Para. 



a. (5 ad. sk. Para, Lower Amazons, Oct. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Nattere)'). 



b. Ad. sk. Para. R. Graham, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Ortalis ruficeps. 



Penelope ruficeps, JVar/l. Isis, 1830, p. 1111 [Brazil]. 

 Ortalida ruficeps, Wagl. Lis, 1832, p. 1227 ; Sclat. .5- Sah'in, P. Z. S. 

 1870, p. 533 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 252 (1870). 



This species appears to be closely allied to 0. motmoi, but differs 

 in having the outer tail-feathers blackish, glossed with green and 

 tipped with chestnut, in which respect it resembles 0. wagleri. 

 Total length 16-25 inches, tail 7'8. 



Hah. Brazil. 



