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104. LEPTOPTILA OCHROPTEEA. 



Of this Dove, or a closely allied species, I got one or two living 

 specimens at Garanhuns, which had been caught in the surrounding 

 country. The Brazilians know it as the " Jurute." 



105. PENELOPE STTPEECILIAEIS. 



I obtained a single living specimen of this bird at Garanhuns, which 

 had been caught originally at Panellas, a small village north of Quipapa. 

 I was told that further in the interior, towards Aguas Bellas, the present 

 species is not uncommon in some of the Serras that intersect the plateau 

 of the Sertoes. Its Brazilian name is " Jaeu." 



106. OETALIS ALBIVENTEIS. 



Whilst staying at Macuca, one evening, a little before sunset, I was 

 surprised by the very loud calls of a bird I had never heard before, and 

 which proceeded from the wooded hills on the other side of the valley 

 where Mr. Watts's house lay. On inquiring of him what bird it was, I 

 was informed it was the " Aracuao," which was described as a sort of 

 small Pheasant, of a brownish colour, that was sometimes met with in 

 small parties in the forests, and was well known to the natives. A few 

 days after, at Garanhuns, a live Aracuao was brought to me which had 

 been caught in the neighbourhood. This I bought and brought alive to 

 London ; and it turns out to be the present species, which was also 

 found by the late Dr. Wucherer in the neighbouring province of Bahia. 

 1 subsequently saw other living examples of the species in Becife. With 

 regard to the peculiar loud cry of the present species, it may be re- Ibis, 1881, 

 membered that, like many other Cracidse, the male bird has a convoluted P - ^' 

 trachea, the fold (which lies outside the pectoral muscles) in some cases 

 extending as far as the posterior end of the sternum. 



107. BALLUS LONGIROSTRIS. 



My friend Herr M tiller, of Becife, during my absence in the interior, 

 got a specimen of this bird for me, which he had shot in the close vicinity 

 of Becife. 



108. BALLTJS NIGRICASTS. 



A second species of Bail, also brought to me alive at Quipapa, I 

 identified with this species from Burrneister's description. It fell a 

 victim to rats daring my absence. 



Irides bright red; feet dull red ; beak yellowish green, greyer at the tip. 



109. ARAMIDES CATENNENSIS. 



Whilst staying at Quipapa some boys brought in for sale a livin g 

 specimen of this Bail, which they had caught near the town. 



