224 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 
Range.—South America; British Guiana and Cayenne, 
VI. ORTON’S PENELOPE. PENELOPE ORTONI. 
Penelope ortont, Salvin, Ibis, 1874, p. 325 ; Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. 
B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 496 (1893). 
Adult.—Brownish-bronze, with a slight wash of green; the 
feathers of the breast ovZy margined with white on the sides. 
Total length, 32 inches; wing, 11; tail, 9°43; tarsus, 2°2; 
middle toe and claw, 2:1. 
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 PURPURASCENS. 
Penelofe purpurascens, Wagler, Isis, 1830, p. 1110; Meyer, 
Vogel-Skel. pt. xviii. pl. clxxvill. (1892); Ogilvie-Grant, 
Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 496 (1893). 
Salpiza purpurascens, 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 ‘ Cojolifo’ (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 
