8. OKTALIS. 



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4. Or talis wagleri. 



Ortalida wagleri, Gray, List Gallmce Brit. M%ii. p. 12 (1867) 

 [Alexico]; id. Ilmul-l. B. ii. p. 2."2 (1870); HcJat. ii Snlvin, 

 P. Z. S. 1870, p. /534 [Mazntlan, W. .M.xico" ; Later. Mem. Lost. 

 Soc. ii. p. 306 (1874). 



Adult male and female. Top of tlio head Lro-iviiish black, shading 

 into dark grey on the nape ; superciliary stripe, feathered parts of the 

 sides of the head, and middle of the throat paler grey ; upper parts 

 and rest of neck and chest greyish olive ; quills dusky, glossed with 

 bronze-green ; breast and rest of uuderparts chestnut ; two middle 

 pairs of tail-feathers glossed with dark bluish green and the four 

 outer pairs widely tipped with dark chestnut. Iris dark brown ; 

 bare space round eye red and blue ; bare sides of throat red ; feet 

 grey. Total length 25-o inches, wing O'S, tail 10-5, tarsus 3, 

 middle toe and claw 3. 



llah. Western Mexico, .Sinaloa, and Territory of Tepic. 



Purchased. 

 (Types of the species.) 

 Salviu-Godman Coll. 



Sahin-Godman Coll. 



iSalvin-Godman Coll. 



5. Ortalis ruficauda. 



Ortalida ruficauda, Jard. Ann. Mag. N. H. xx. p. 374 (1847) 

 [Tobago] ; id. Vontr. Orn. 1848, p. 16, pi. •" structure] ; Gray, 

 IIa)id4. B. ii. p. 252 (1870) : Sdat. Sf Salviyi, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 334 ; 

 ficlat. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 790 [Tobago]. 



Ortalida bronzina, Grai/. List GulJimT! Brit. Miis. p. 11 (1867) 

 [\'enezuela] ; id^ Iland-l. B. ii. p. 252 (1870). " 



Ortalis ruficauda, Berlepsch, Ibis, 1884, p. 440 [Eio Apure and Kio 

 Orinoco, Venezuela]. 



Adult male and female. Differ from 0. icar/leri in having the top 

 of the head and nape uniform dark grey ; chest brownish grey, 

 shading gradually into jjale brownish buff on the breast and belly ; 

 thighs pale rufous buff; under tail-coverts chestnut. 



Male. Total length 24 inches, wing 86, tail 10, tarsus 2-5, 

 middle toe aiul claw 2-4. 



]'\'mali'. Total length 22 inches, wing 8'2, tail 8"9, tarsus 2"5, 

 middle toe and claw 2-4. 



Jlab. Tobago and Venezuela. 



a. cJ ad. sk. 



b. Ad. sk. 



c. d. Ad. i^\i. 

 e. 2 ad. sk. 

 /, y. Ad. sk. 



/(, ('. Skeletons. 



Venezuela (Spence). 

 V'enezuela. 

 1. of TobaiTO. 

 I. of Tobago (Kirk). 

 Uecquia, Grenadine Is., 

 Voh.,MA\{lJ.ir.f>mit/i). 

 1. of Tobago. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Purchased of ^LVem^aux. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salviu-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



