516 CEACID^. 



c. Imm. sk. San Jose, Costa Eica (A. von Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Frantzius). 



d. c? ad.sk. Veragua {Area). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 e,/. Ad. et pull. Cordillera de Tole, Veragua, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



sk. {Arce). 



g. 2 fd. sk. Castillo, Veragua {Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



h. Ad. sk. Isthmus of Panama. J. McLeannan, Esq. 



[C.]. 



i. Ad. sk. Panama. Capt.Kellett& Lieut. 



Wood [P.]. (Type 

 of the species.) 



k. (S ad. sk. Panama {McLeannan). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



/. Ad. sk. Paraiso Station, Panama {A. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Hughes). 



m. Skeleton. 



17. Ortalis erythroptera. 



Ortalida ruficeps, Sclat. {nee Wagl.) P. Z. S. 1860, p. 289 [Baba- 



hoyo, Ecuador]. 

 Ortalida erythroptera, Natterer, Mus. Berol., Licht. Nomencl. p. 87 



(1854) (descr. nulla) [Cumana, Venezuela?]; Sclat. Sf Saivin, 



P. Z. S. 1870, p. 540 [Babahoyo ; Guayaquil] ; Gray, Iland-l. B. 



ii. p. 252 (1870) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 333 [Palmal, Ecuador] ; 



Tacz. ^ Berlepsch, P. Z. S. 1885, p. ll'J. 



Adult. At once distinguished from 0. garrula and 0. cinereiceps by 

 having the extremities of the four outer pairs of tail-feathers widely 

 tipped with dark chestnut. In other respects it resembles the 

 former species, but the top of the head and nape are brighter chest- 

 nut, and the same colour surrounds the fore part of the neck, while 

 the tail-coverts are chestnut instead of white or dusky. Iris hazel : 

 bill blue ; face bluish ; throat reddish ; legs and feet blue. Total 

 length 24 inches, wing 9-2, tail 10'6, tarsus 3-1, middle toe and 

 claw 3-1. 



Type sj^ecimen measures : Total length 21'o inches, wing 82, 

 tail 9'8, tarsus 2-6, middle toe and claw 2-7. 



Hah. Western Ecuador : Babahoyo, Guayaquil, and Palmal ; 

 ? Cumana, Venezuela. 



a. Ad. sk. Babahoyo, Ecuador (Fraser). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Type of the species.) 



b. Ad. sk. Bahar Mts., Ecuador {Illing- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



worth). 



9. PIPILE. 



Type. 

 Pipile, Bonap. C. B. xlii. p. 877 (1856) P. cumanensis. 



Sexes similar in plumage. 



Tail composed of 12 feathers, rather long and rounded, the outer 

 pair about an inch and a half shorter than the middle pair. 



1st and 2nd primaries with the last third of the inner web 



