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b. Capite non eristato. 

 b. Head without a crest. 



YACUHU GUAN. 



(Penelope obscura.) 



Pe. vertice collogue supra nigris; collo suhtus, dor so alisque nigri" 

 cantibus albo-maculatis, uropygio ventre abdomineque casta- 

 neiSf Cauda remigibusque nigris, 



Guan with the crown and upper part of the neck black j the 

 under part of the neck, the back, and wings, dusky, spotted 

 with white ; the rump, belly, and abdomen, chesnut 5 the tail 

 and wing-quills black. 



Penelope obscura. Temm* Gall. Ind. p, 693. 



Penelope Yacuhu. Temm. Pig, et Gall, 3. p, 68. 



This bird, which may be only a variety of the 

 young of some of the preceding species, is de- 

 scribed by Temminck : its total length is twenty- 

 nine inches and a half: the forehead, the upper 

 part of the head, and the top of the neck, are 

 black ; the rest of the neck, the upper part of the 

 back, and the upper wing- coverts, are dusky, 

 slightly edged with white on the margin of the 

 feathers : from the middle of the beak to the co- 

 verts of the ear is a slight band of black : the 

 breast is dusky, the feathers tipped with white : 

 the back, the belly, and the legs, are of a chesnut- 

 colour ; and the feathers of the wings and tail are 

 dusky : the beak is black, and the irides red: the 

 eye is surrounded with a naked black space, com- 



