2 20 Allen's naturalist's library. 



some future time in Messrs. Godman and Salvin's great work, 

 the " Biologia Centrali Americana." 



THE PENELOPES. GENUS PENELOPE. 

 Penelope^ Merrem, Beytr. Vogel, pt. ii. p. 42 (1786); id. Av. 

 Icones et Descr. ii. p. 39 (1786). 



Type, P. mm- ail ^ Gmel. 



Width of the upper mandible greater than the height. 



Nostrils situated rather far forward, never covered with 

 feathers ; top of the head feathered ; a large naked space 

 round the eye. 



Chin and throat naked* with a median wattle. 



Tail composed of twelve feathers. 



The inner web of the outer primary quills not very deeply 

 excised at the extremity. 



Leg (metatarsus) longer than, or about equal to, the middle 

 toe and claw. 



Sexes similar in plumage. 



Fifteen species are known ; some being about the size of a 

 half-grown Turkey, others as small as the Common Pheasant. 



I. THE WHITE EYE-BROWED PENELOPE. PENELOPE 

 SUPERCILIARIS. 



Penelope superciliaris, Illiger ; Temm. Pig. et Gall. iii. pp. 72, 

 693 (1815) ; Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 491 



(1893). 

 Pejielope jaaipenwa, Spix, kv. Bras. ii. p. 55, pi. Ixxii. (1825). 

 Salpiza siiperciliaris, Wagler, Isis, 1832, p. 1226. 



Adult Male and Female. — Easily distinguished from all other 

 species of Penelope by having the wing-coverts and shoulder 

 feathers (scapulars) clearly bordered ivith light rufous. 

 Feathers of the crown uniform dark brown ; eyebrow-stripes 



* In Penelope montagnii, P. sclateri. and P. ars^yrotis, the chin and upper 

 part of the throat are sometimes partially feathered. 



