PENELOPINiS 
ullll  In  „,,        „,  ,1,,  ,„..„,•„,-  .....1  siting  tiny  :uv  netivelv  engaged  in  searching  Iron,  tree  to  tree  or  on  the  ground  for 
,1,. i  food  irhk  b  oonwttoffruita  and  nirioui  Lands  of  insects.    Their  flighl  is  heayy  and  performed  with  difficulty,  from 
,)„.  .,„.,,  |  ,|„  „  „„,,-.     h  is  on  the  summits  of  the  trees  that  the  female  forms  her  nest,  in  which  she  deposits 
from  two  to  five  egg*. 
I  ( ».  ktttrom  (Bodd.)  PI.  cnl.  1  M>.  —  Phasianus  motinot  Omm\  ; 
|'ti«*tanui  iMtrragua  /xi/A. 
S.  O.  aibirrnlrr  Wajjl.  Wi»,  1880.  1111. 
.    ii    ruMetUU.  IVnrlop*'  alhiventer  I*x*.  Rev.  Zool.  1812. 
p.  17*. 
k.  I ».  Uu^itlrr.—  IViuIi»|h-  leucnga*tor  G<»i//</,  \  oy.  Sulpb.  Hir.ls, 
Pl. 
,    <).  r..rf..,..  Wagl.  laia,  IH.IO.  Ill  I. 
Ii  n.f.trrukt  (llumb.)  WiajL,  llumb.  <>b*.  da  Zool.  ct  Anat. 
t'omp.  I.  p.  4. 
7.  ().  vetiila  Wagl.  Isis,  1830.  1112. 
S.  O.  imlmvcphtila  Wagl.  Isis,  1830.  1112. 
().  ().  funiculus  Wagl.  Isis,  1S30.  1112. 
10  O.  ijuttatd  (Spix),  Wagl.,  Spix  Av.  Bras.  i.  73. 
11.  ().  anmeuan  (Spix),  Wagl.,  Spix  Av.  Bras,  t.  7'L 
12.  (>.  tquamata  (Loss.)  Wagl.,  Diet,  des  Sci.  Nat.  r>o.  p.  195. 
13.  O.  canicco  (Poepp.)  Fror.  Notiz.  1831.  p.  8. 
I  I.  O.  (iomliitii  Loss.  .Man.  d'Orn.  ii.  217. — Type  of  Chamu- 
potos  Wagler  (1832). 
Penelope  Mar.* 
I'll,  genera]  characters  like  those  of  Ortalida,  but  the  first  series  of  quills  are  arched,  and  more  or 
 ,,,,,,,  ,1  ;lt      ir  .-in!-.    Tin-  sides  of  the  head  and  the  front  of  the  throat  naked  and  wattled. 
I .  P,  t"l"'r  (J»*M  i  ,UH'1-  JlkC'\-  Ocaoh.  «lor  VdgdL  t.  11.  — Pe- 
h.1o|h-  leurnlophua  Mrrr.  Avium  Icones,  &C.  t.  12.;  Penelope 
jaratinga  Spis,  Av.  lira*,  t.  7". 
P.  •■umannum  (Jacq.)  Omel.,  Jacq.  Geachichte  der  Vogcl. 
I.  10. 
8.  P.  ahurri  Goud.  PicL  dca  Sci.  Nat.  .0.0.  p.  191. 
\  v.  mtkmU  Ueht  isi*.  isso.  1109. 
;,  p.  fmjmrmmiu  Wagl.  isis,  1830.  1110. 
«i.  P.  rrhtata  (Linn.)  Lath.  Kdwards's  Birds,  pl.  13  Penelope 
jacuacu  Spiff,  Av.  Bras.  t.  63. ;  P.  jacupema  Mcr.  Avium  Icones, 
&c  t.  11.? 
7.  P.  jncucaca  Spix,  Av.  Bras.  t.  G{).  —  P.  jacu-pemba  Spix, 
Av.  Bras.  t.  71.  ? 
8.  P.  superriliaris  Illig.  —  P.  jaca-pemba  Spix,  Av.  Bras.  t.  72. 
9.  P.  marail  Gmcl.  PL  enl.  338  Type  of  Salpiza  Wagler 
(1832). 
10.  P.  obscura  Illig.  Temm.  Pig.  &  Gall.  111.  p.  6'8.  et  693., 
Azara  No.  33.5. 
ObeoPhasis. 
/:  7  lengthened,  compressed  on  the  sides ;  the  base  of  both  mandibles  covered  with  soft  velvety  down, 
lOTining  B  Bhoii  but  lengthened  en  st  nhmg  the  basal  portion  of  the  culmen  to  the  front  of  the  nostrils  ; 
the  BJOterior  pari  of  the  culmen  vaulted  and  arched  to  the  tip  ;  nostrils  concealed  by  the  velvety  down, 
i  ii  |,t  the  op  Ding,  which  is  rather  ovate.  Wings  rather  short,  and  much  rounded,  with  the  sixth  and 
seventh  quills  the  Longest.  Tail  Lengthened,  very  broad,  and  much  rounded  at  its  end.  Tarsi  rather 
shorter  than  the  middle  toe,  robust.  Toes  long,  and  the  lateral  ones  equal-;  the  claws  moderate, 
compn  SB*  d.  and  slightly  curved.  The  space  above  the  eye  naked  ;  with  a  broad,  rounded,  and  elevated 
knob,  truncated  a1  its  end.  Two  longitudinal  stripes  below  the  under  mandible,  and  a  semicircular 
space  on  the  throat,  denuded  of  feathers. 
This  fine  bird  was  brought  from  Guatemala  ;  but  its  habits  and  manners  are  at  present  unknown. 
O.  Derbionui  G.  R.  Gray. 
•  It  W4-  in  1786  that  this  genus  was  published  by  Merrem  (Av.  rar.  Icones  et  Deter,  fasc.  2.  p. 40.)  ;  Salpiza  (1832)  of  Wagler  may 
be  considered  as  synonymous  with  it. 
July,  1844. 
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