rESELOPE. ORTAMS. 21 



The two rggs of the Helmeted Curassow in the Collection 

 measure respectively : 3 5 by 2-6 ; '6-48 by 2"42. 



-. Laid in confinememt (Zool. (lOiild Coll. 



Gardens, London). 



Genus PENELOPE, Merrem. 

 Penelope pileata, Waghr. 



Penelope pileata, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. ;jOO (1893) ; Sltarpe, 

 Jland-l. i. p. 16 (1899). 



The egg of the "White-headed Penelope in the Collection measures 

 2-95 by 2-05. 



1. Laid in confinement (Zool. Zool. Society. 



Gardens. London). 



Genus ORTALIS, Merrem. 

 Ortalis ruficauda {Janl.). 



Ortalis ruficauda, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. ^>0~ (lS9o) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 17 (1899). 



The egg of Jardine's Guan in the Collection measures 2-45 by 1-7. 



1. Tobago. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Ortalis albiventris {Waijl.). 



Ortalis albiventris, Forbes, Ibis, 1881, p. 357 ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xxii. p. 508 (1893) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 17 (1899). 



The dimensions of the egg of the White-bellied Guan iu the 

 Collection are 2-3 by 1-55. 



1. La Grande, Guatemala, 19th Salvin-Godman Coll. 



March. 



Ortalis maccalli, Baird. 



Ortalida vetula, var. maccalli, Baird, Brewer ^- Ridyic. N. Amer. Birds, 



iii. p. 398 (1874). 

 Ortalis vetula maccalli, Bvndire, Life Hist. N. A. Birds, i. p. 119, pi. iii. 



tig. 16(1892). 

 Ortalis vetula, pt., Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 512 (1893). 

 Ortalis maccalli, ISharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 17 (1899). 



The egg of the Lesser Grey-headed Guan in the Collection 

 measures 2'3 by 1*59. 



1. Texas (<S;HiV^s. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



