220 LLOYD’S NATURAL HISTORY. 
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 Deser. i: p:. 39 (1786): 
Type, P. marail, 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, Wliger; Temm. Pig. et Gall. iil. pp. 72, 
693 (1815); Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 491 
(1893). ; 
Penelope jacupemba, Spix, Av. Bras. i. p. 55, pl. Ixxu. (1825). 
Salpiza superciliaris, 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 with lght ritfous. 
Feathers of the crown uniform dark brown; eyebrow-stripes 
* In Penelope montacnit, P. sclateri, and P. argyrotis, the chin and upper 
part of the throat are sometimes partially feathered. 
