434 CTTCTJLID^. 



Piririgua, Azara, Apunt. (1) ii. p. 340 (1805) ; Havtl. Si/st. Index 



Azara, p. 17 (1847). 

 Crotophag-a piririgua, Buff. Nat. Hist. Ois. vi. p. 407 (178D) ; Vieill. 



Enc. Meth. p. 1356 (1828) ; id. ^ Oud. Gal. Ois. i. p. 36, pi. 44 



(1825) ; Guerin, Icon. Ois. pi. 31. 

 Coccyzus guira, Nemvied, Beitr. Naturg. Bras. iv. p. 335 (1832) ; 



Temm. Tahl. Meth. p. 53 (1838) ; Quoy ^ Gaim. Voy. Uranie, 



p. 114, pi. 26 (1824). 

 Ptiloleptus cristatus, Swains. Class. B. ii. p. 328 (1837). 

 Guira piririgua, Strickl. Ann. &■ Mag. Nat. Hist. 1841, p. 36; Scl. 



Cat. Am. B. p. 320 (1862) ; Grai/, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 210, no. 8010 



(1870) ; Scl. &; Salv. Nom. Av. Neotrop. p. 107 (1873) ; Sclater 8f 



Hudson, Argent. Orn. ii. p. 32 (1889). 

 Diplopterus guira, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 456 (1847). 

 Ptiloleptis guira, Burm. Syst. Vebers. Th. Bras. ii. p. 257 (1855). 

 Guira cristata, Bp. Consp. Vol. Zygod. p. 6 (1854). 

 Octopterjx guira, Cah. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 98 (1862). 



Adult male. General plumage above dark brown and buff : head 

 and neck buff, shading into pinkish rufous on the forehead and crest 

 and with narrow black shaft-fstripes to the feathers, broadest on the 

 longest crest-feathers and those of the back of the neck : mantle 

 and scapulars dark brown with fulvous shaft-stripes ; remainder of 

 the wing brown, dark internally, and passing into buff on the outer 

 feathers ; all the wing-coverts broadly edged with buff ; back white, 

 passing into buff on the upper tail-coverts and basal half of the tail; 

 remainder of the tail brownish black, with a green gloss and with 

 broad white ends to all but the centre feathers ; under surface pale 

 buff, with narrow black sbaft-stripes on the throat; under surface 

 of wings whitish buff, shading into brown on the middle and end 

 half of the quills : " bill and iris yellow ; legs grey " (Alan Peel). 

 Total length 16 inches, culmen 1-3, wing 7"4, tail 9-7, tarsus 1-G5. 



Adult female. Similar in plumage to the male. Total length 15 

 inches, culmen 1"3, wing 6'9, tail 9"2, tarsus 1"45. 



Rah. The same as that of the genus. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Chili. Seebohm Coll. 



c, S iid. sk. Meudoza {E. C. Heed). Seebohm Coll. 



d. d" ad. sk. Pampas Ai-gentiuas {Leybuld). Salviu-Godmau Coll. 

 e,/. 5ad.sk. Couchitas, Buenos Ayres, Sept. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



( W. H. Hudson), 



g. (5 ad. sk. Salta, Arg. Rep, Oct. {E. Forbes Coll. 



W. WJiite). 



h, i. S ad. sk. Uruguay, June, Aug. Alan Peel, Esq. [P.]. 



k, I. Ad. sk. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



m, n. Ad. st. Brazil. M. Claussen [P.J. 



o. Juv. sk. Novo Fribourgo, Rio de Janeiro Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{J. Youds). 



p, q- 6 2 ad. sk. Chapada, Matto Grosso (H. H. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Smith). 



r. cS ad. sk. Ypanema, May {J. Natterer). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



s, t. Ad. sk. Pernambuco {W. A. Forbes). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



u. (^ ad. sk. Ceara, March ( JV. Jesse). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



V. (S ad. sk. Island of Mexiana, Jan. {A. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



B. Wallace), 



w. Skeleton. Para. Pui-chased. 



