THE GUANS. 



IV. WAGLER S GUAN. ORTALIS WAGLERI. 



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Ortalida wagleri^ G. R. Gray, List Gallinae Brit. Mus. p. 12 



(1867). 

 0?'talts wagleri^ Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 507 



(1893). 



{Plate XXXIX.) 



Adult Male and Female.— Top of the head brownish-blacJ\ 

 shading into dark grey on the nape ; eyebrow-stripes, feathers 

 on the sides of the head and down the middle of the throat 

 paler grey; breast and rest of under-parts chest?mt ; four outer 

 pairs of tail-feathers dark bluish-green, widely tipped with dark 

 chestnut. Total length, 25-5 inches; wing, 9-5; tail, io"5 ; 

 tarsus, 3 ; middle toe and claw, 3. 



Range. — Western Mexico ; Sinaloa and the Territory of 

 Tepic. 



V. JARDINE's GUAN. ORTALIS RUFICAUDA. 



Ortalida ruficaiida^ Jardine, Ann. Mag. N. H. xx. p. 374 (1847); 



id. Contr. Orn. 1841, p. 16, pi. [structure], 

 Ortalida bro?izina, G. R. Grny, List Gallin?e Biit. Mus. p. 11 



(1867). 

 Ortalis ruficauda^ Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 507 



(1893)- 



Adult Male and Female. — Top of the head and nape uniform 

 da7'k grey ; chest brownish-olive ; breast and beily whitish buff; 

 \k\Q.five outer pairs of tail-feathers tipped with chestnut. 



Male: Total length, 24 inches ; wing, 8-6; lail, 10; tarsus, 

 2 '5 ; middle toe and claw, 2 •4. 



Female: Rather smaller ; wing, 8'2 inches. 



Range. — Northern South America ; Venezuela and the island 

 of Tobago. 



Eggs. — Long, oval, white, with a finely grained surface. 

 Measurements, 2*45 by i'7 inches. 



