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Hab. South America from Venezuela to Northern Argentina. 

 Dr. Burmeister tells us that this Guan, which is widely extended in 

 South America, occurs in the forests of Tucuman. 



368. ORTALIS CANICOLLIS, Wagl. 

 (HOARY-NECKED GUAN.) 



Penelope canicollis, Burm. La-Plata Reise, ii. p. 499. Ortalida canicollis, 

 Scl et Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 534 ; iid. NomencL p. 136 ; Burm. P. Z. S. 1871, 

 p. 701. Ortalis canicollis, Salvin, Ibis, 1830, p. 363 (Tucuman). Ortalida 

 guttata, White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 627 (Salta) ? 



n. Above bronzy brown ; top of head cinereous : beneath more 

 ochraceous ; throat and breast washed with bronzy ; neck and breast slightly 

 spotted with greyish ; under wing-coverts, flanks, and crissum chestnut ; tail 

 bronzy green, five outer rectrices broadly tipped with chestnut ; bill yellowish ; 

 feet pale hazel : whole length 22*0 inches, wing 9*8, tail 10'3. Female similar. 



Hab. Paraguay and Northern Argentina. 



For our first knowledge of this Guan we are also indebted to Azara, 

 who described it in his f Apuntamientos ' (iii. p. 77) under the name 

 Yacu caraguata, as found in the forests of Paraguay. Thence it extends 

 into the wooded districts of the northern provinces of the Argentine 

 Republic, where it was obtained by Dr. Burmeister in Tucuman and by 

 Capt. Page's expedition on the Rio Parana and Rio Vermejo. It is 

 probable also that the Guan met with by White near Salta, and referred 

 by him to O. guttata,, was really of the present species. 



Order XIV. GERANOMOKPH^l. 



Fam. XLIII. KALLID.E, OR RAILS. 



The Rallied are well represented in the Argentine Republic, eight 

 Rails and Crakes, two Waterhens, and three Coots being met with 

 within its limits, and it is highly probable that the list will be further 

 augmented as discovery advances. 



The presence of three species of Coots, all apparently in abundance, is 

 a somewhat special peculiarity of the Argentine Ornis. Most of the 

 other Argentine Rallidse have an extended range. 



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