236 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 
Nest.-—Built of sticks and placed in a low tree. 
Eggs.—F our in number, speckled, and little inferior in size 
to those ofa fowl. (C. B. Brown.) 
II, THE PARA GUAN. ORTALIS ARAUCUAN. 
Penelope araucuan, Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p. 56 (1825). 
Penelope aracuan, Spix, Av. Bras. ii. pl. 74 (1825). 
Crtalida araucuan, Wagler, Isis, 1832, p. 1227. 
Ortalts araucuan, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 506 
(1893). 
Adult Male——FEasily distinguished from O. motmot by having 
the top of the head, nape, and feathered parts of the sides of 
the head dark brown, as well as by its much smaller size. Total 
length, 17 inches; wing, 6°8; tail, 8:2; tarsus, 1'°9; middle 
toe and claw, .1°8. 
Adult Female-—Probably similar to the male; but no female 
specimens in which the sex has been properly ascertained have 
been examined by me. 
Range.—North-east of South America. Province of Maranhao, 
and the vicinity of Para. 
b?, Outer tail-feathers with the basal half or more dark, and the 
remainder chestnut. 
III. THE RUFOUS-HEADED GUAN. ORTALIS RUFICEPS. 
Penelope ruficeps, Wagler, Isis, 1830, p. 1111. 
Ortalida ruficeps, Wagler, Isis, 1832, p. 1227. 
Ortalis ruficeps, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxl. p. 506 
(1893). 
Adult.— Differs from the three following species of this group 
in having the ¢op of the head rufous-chestnut ; from O. motmot 
it is at once distinguished by having the outer tail-feathers 
blackish, glossed with green and tipped with chestnut, as in 
O. waglert. Total length, 16°25 inches ; tail 7°8. 
Range.— Brazil. 
