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2. SYNOPSIS OF THE SPECIES OF THE GENUS PENELOPE. 
By G. R. Gray, F.Z.8., erc. 
1. PeNELOPE CRISTATA. 
Nigra aut ferrugineo-brunnea ; collo, pectore et corporis lateri- 
bus albo-limbatis ; tectricibus alarum nitore virescentibus et 
violaceis ; remigibus subpurpurascentibus ; dorso, uropygio, 
femoribus et abdominis parte inferiore ferrugineo-nigris ; dorso 
uropygioque eneo lavatis; cauda obscure nigra (ex. Kdw.). 
Meleagris cristata, Linn. 8. N. i. p. 269 ; Edw. Birds, pl. 13. 
Penelope purpurascens, Gray, Knowsl. Menag. pl. ? 
Hab. West Indies (?) (Zdw.). 
2. P. MARAIL. B.M. 
Juv. Uropygio, notei parte reliqua, collo ac pectore eneo-nigris ; 
plumis cervicis, dorsi supremi ac pectoris albo-limbatis ; abdo- 
mine fusco et tectricibus rufescenti-fuscis nigro conspersis ; 
plumis aurium cano-marginatis (Wagl.). 
Penelope marail, Gmel. 8. N. i. p. 734, juv.; Wagl. Isis, 1830, 
. 1110; Pl. Enl. 338, juv. 
Salpiza marail, Wag). Isis, 1832, p. 1226. 
Penelope jacupema, Merr. Beytr. t. 11, adult? 
Long. 24". 
Adult. Nigrescenti-enea, viridi nitens; uropygio, femoribus, abdo- 
mine tectricibusque subcaudalibus nigrescenti-eneis, viridi ni- 
tentibus ; primaris pallide rufescenti-brunneis. 
Hab, Guiana ; Cayenne. 
3. P. pURPURASCENS. B.M. 
Fuliginoso-olivacea, purpurino-splendens, gastrei plumis, dorsi 
supremi, ac tectricibus minoribus albo-limbatis ; uropygio ac 
erisso sericeo-purpurino-castaneis (Wagl.). 
Penelope purpurascens, Wag]. Isis, 1830, p. 1110. 
Salpiza purpurascens, Wagl. Isis, 1832, p. 1226. 
Long. 314", cauda 15" 7!", 
Hab. Mexico. 
4, P. NIGRICAPILLA. B.M. 
Virescenti-enea ; collo, pectore, dorsi supremi tectricibusque mi- 
noribus albo-limbatis ; uropygio, abdomine tectricibusque sub- 
caudalibus eneo-fuscis ; illis rufo-conspersis ; capite colloque 
superiore nigrescentibus ; plumis pilet cano-limbatis. 
Long. 28". 
Hab. Brazil. 
5. P. LICHTENSTEINII. B.M. 
Nitide olivaceo-enea ; crista nuchaque brunneo-eneis, plumis 
