10 CLASS AVES. 



The Parraquas, Ortalida. Merem. 



Differ from the last principally in the absence of the 

 nudity of the throat, and about the eyes. 

 Only one is known : 



The Motmot and Parraka Pheasant, Lath. Ca- 

 traca, Buff., Phasianus Motmot, Gm. and Phas. 

 Parraqua, Lath. Enl. 146, (which is bad, inas- 

 much as it represents the tail as pointed,) Bajon. 

 Cay. pi. 1. 



Bronze-coloured above, whitish-grey underneath, 

 and red on the head. 



The voice of this bird is very strong, and articu- 

 lates its name. The trachea of the male descends 

 under the skin toward the abdomen, and returns 

 again to enter the chest. 



crested ; crown, neck, tail, and quills, black ; throat, back, and wing, 

 blackish, white spotted; rump, belly, and vent, chesnut. Paragua, the 

 Yacuchu of Azara, n. 335. 



Supercilious Guan, Lath. H. Penelope SupercUiaris, Tern. Gall. iij. 70. 

 Not crested ; crown and nape, black-brown ; back, greenish-ash ; feathers, 

 grey edged ; wing-coverts and secondaries, greenish and yellow edged ; 

 belly and rump, red. Brazils. TJie Eyebrowed Guan., Lath. Hist. viii. 

 139, is the same, or a very nearly allied species. 



See also the account of Penelope Aburvi, of Gondot, Keeper of the 

 Museum of Bogota, Lesson Man. 215, found on the mountains of New 

 Grenada. The trachea descends without, and folds into the chest. It has 

 two coeca, like those of Penelope Parakoua. 



