8. OETAHS. 515 



15. Ortalis garrula. 



Plmsiaiius jrarrulus, Hinnh. Oy. de Z<m1. i. p. 4 (1811) [Magdalena, 



U.S.C, and Caracas, Venezuela]. 

 Penelope f^airula, Wagl. Isi's, 18-'W, p. 1111. 

 Orlaliila (raiTula, Jf'affl. Li-f, ISW, p. U27 ; Grai/, lid of B. pt. iii. 



dnU. y. 20 (1814); id. JA^t flallince Brit. M>i^. p. 12 (1867; ; id. 



Hand-I. n. ii. p. 2o2 (lf<7U) ; Sdut. ^- Salvin, F. Z. S. 1870, p. 539. 



Adult. Tliis and the t^\'o following species belong to a small 

 section of the genus Ortalis which is easilj- distinguished from the 

 species already described by having the primaries chestnut. Top 

 of the head and nape dull brownish rufous ; all the rest of the 

 u|)pcr parts greyish olive : chest olive-grey, shading gradually into 

 white on the breast and rest of underparts ; tail glossed witli dull 

 greyish green, all the feathers except the middle pair tipped with 

 white. Total length about 22 inches, wing S'S, tail 9-6, tarsus 2-8, 

 mi<ldle toe and claw 2'7. 



JIah. Coast-i'cgion of the United States of Colombia, and Caracas, 

 V'enezuela. 



n. 2 ad. sk. U.S. of Colimbia? Purchased. 



b, c. Ad. sk. Cartagena, U.S. of Colombia Purchased. 



[Bar rot). 



(/, e. Ad. sk. Santa Marta, U.S.C. Purchased of M. Verreau.x. 



IG. Ortalis cinereiceps. 



Ortalida poliocephala, Laior. (nee Tfat/l.) Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. 

 p. ;J3:3 (1862) [U.S. Colombia]; iiclat.' S,- Sahin, P. Z. S. 1864, 

 p. 371 [Panama] ; Snlrin, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 161 TSantiago de 

 A'eragua ; CordiOera de Tole] ; Frantz. J.f. 0. 1869, p. 372 [Costa 

 Rica]; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 139 (1870) [Costarica] 

 \ Grmi, lIand-1. B. ii. p. 2-'52 (1870). 



Ortalida cinereiceps, Graij, List Gallinm Brit. Mns. p. 12 (1807) 

 [N.W. coast of America!]; Snlvin, Ibis, 1869, p. 318 [Panama; 

 Veragua] ; id. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 217 ; Sclat. ^- Salvin, P. Z. iy\ 

 1 870, p. 540 ; Grai/, Hand- 1. B. ii. p. 252 ( 1870). 



Ortalida frantzii, Cab. J.f. O. 1869, p. 211 [Costa Rica]; Frantz. 

 J. f. O. 1869, p. 37.i ; Grai/, Hand-l B. ii. p. 252 (1870). 



Ortalis cinereiceps, Richmond, P. U.S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 523 (1893) 

 [Ebcondido K., S. Nicaragua]. 



yhlult male and female. Resemble 0. r/arrula, but the head and 

 nape arc dark grey instead of rufous-brown. 



An imniatxre specimen resembles the adult, but the outer 



I primaries of the first plumage are still present and are easily 

 recognized by their more pointed extremities, and by having both 

 webs indistinctly barred with dusky. 

 Ilab. Central America : Costa llica, Veragua, Panama, and the 

 United States of Colombia. 

 ill. Ad. sk. Costa Rica. Purchased. 



i. J ad. sk. Costa Rica {J. Carmiol). Saivin-Godman Coll. 



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