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have been a Brazilian bird. Edwards, in his ' Natural 

 History of Birds/ i. 1743, p. 13, refers to it as the " Quau 

 or Guan, so called in the West Indies/^ He gives a de- 

 scription and a coloured plate, but neither is applicable to 

 any species known in Brazil at the present time. On the 

 plate is inscribed " the Brassiliaii Jacupema of Marggrave." 

 He also states — "I saw one of these birds at Captain 

 Chandler's at Stepney, who brought it with him from some 

 one of the Sugar Islands in the West Indies, I have forgot 

 which ; but I suppose it may be found in most of them. 

 TheBrasilian Jacupema of Marcgrave, I believe, is the same 

 with this bird, though his description differs something from 

 mine." It may be mentioned, however, that none of this 

 family is known to occur in any of the West India Islands. 



Ray refers to the species as " Phasianus Brasiliensis 

 Jacupema dictns Marcgr." [cfr. Synopsis Methodica Avium 

 & Piscium, 1713, p. 56). A description is also given by 

 Ray which is similar to that of Marcgrave's. 



The bird is also referred to by Brisson under the title of 

 "Le Dindon du BresiP' {cfr. Orn. i. 1760, p. 162), which 

 is also based on Marcgrave's figure. He appears to have 

 seen a specimen, as he gives a description. 



It was on the works of these four authors that Linnd 

 founded the title Meleagris cristata, but while it is uncertain 

 as to which of the Brazilian species it was intended to 

 apply, it is perfectly certain that it could not have been the 

 Colombian or Ecuadorean bird. 



The synonym quoted by Mr. Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus.xxii. p. 498 — ^^ Penelope purpurascens Lawr. Ann. Lye. 

 N.Y. viii. p. 12 (U.S. Colombia)" was intended to have 

 read Lawr. (nee Wagler) — P. purpmrascens Wagl. being the 

 Mexican form. 



The only available name, therefore, for this species is 

 P. (Bquatorialis Salvador! & Festa. I cannot, however, 

 accept the species as those authors separated it, for after a 

 comparison of specimens from Central America with others 

 from Colombia and Ecuador, I have failed to observe any 



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