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Range. — South America ; British Guiana and Cayenne, 



VI. ORTON's PENELOPE. PENELOPE ORTONI. 



Penelope ortoni, Salvin, Ibis, 1874, p. 325; Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. 

 B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 496 (1893). 



Adult. — Brownish-bronze, with a shght wash of green ; the 

 feathers of the breast only margined with white on the sides. 

 Total length, 32 inches; wing, 11; tail, 9-4; tarsus, 2-2; 

 middle toe and claw, 2\. 



I have had no opportunity of examining an example of this 

 species. 



Range. — South America ; Western Ecuador. 



The type specimen was obtained by Professor Orton near a 

 place called Mindo on the western slope of the volcano of 

 Pichincha, Ecuador. 



VII. THE PURPLE PENELOPE. PENELOPE PURPURAoCENS. 



Penelope purpiirascens^ Wagler, Isis, 1830, p. mo; Meyer, 

 Vo^el-Skel. pt. xviii. pi. clxxviii. (1892); Ogilvie-Grant, 

 Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 496 (1893). 



Salpiza piirpitrascens^ Wagler, Isis, 1832, p. 1226. 



Adult Male and Female. — General colour above dull brownish- 

 olive, glossed with bronze-green, and shading into purplish on 

 the secondary quills and upper tail-coverts ; top of the head and 

 cheeks brown; lower back and rump brown, tinged with bronze ; 

 under-parts brown, the feathers of the neck, mantle, and 

 breast edged with white on the sides. Total length, 34-5 

 inches; wing, 15; tail, 14-6; tarsus, 3-4; middle toe and 

 claw, 3*2. 



Range. — Central America ; Mexico, Yucatan, Guatemala, and 

 Honduras. 



Mr. G. F. Gaumer says :— " The ' Cojollfo ' (in Maya, ' Kosh ') 

 is abundant only in certain localities. I know of but one 

 forest in Yucatan (Yak-Jonat) where this bird is found, but in 



