Adult male.--Brilliant metallic green with iridescence of golden and blue: the 
greater wing coverts brilliant coppery bronze; feathers of the upper tail coverts and tail 
with subterminal band or eye-spot of coppery bronze and tip of the same color; secondaries 
proadly white on outer vanes; skin of head and neck bright blue, wart—like excrescences 
orange or orange-red; bill dull red; irie dark brown; legs and feet red. 
Adult female.--Similar to adult male but smaller and less brilliant in colora- 
tion; eye-spots on the tail feathers emaller; and knob on crown reduced. Soft parts 
colored as in male. 
Measurenents.-- 
ma 348-412.5 (388 5) ec eg ee 
‘Wing, ° . Wing, 313-357 (339.7) 
Tail, 264-347 (327.9) Tail, 244-281.5 (262.5) 
Tarsus, 131-139.4 (136.2) Tarsus, 109,0-115 (112.6) 
Culmen from cere, 25-31.8 (28.5) Culmen from cere, 21-29.8 (24.3) 
General Distributton,——Tucatdn Peninsula and adjacent parte of Guatemala and Belize 
British Honduras). 
Distribution in Guatemala.--Tropical forests of the Petén. 
Recordg.--It was reported by local hnnters to occur near La Libertad, San Francisco, Lake 
Petén, and Sayaxché. 
; In literature it has been recorded from: Yam (Lantz), Uaxactin, Pacomén, and 
Dos Arroyos (Van Tyne). 
Habits and Hunting.--This species is much sought after by hunters, who consider it a very 
fine game bird. Its wariness and limited numbers are reported to add greatly to the 
difficulty of shéoting it. 
Statements of hunters indicate that the ocellated turkey is most apt to be found 
at those grain fields where they come to feed, or on trails at the edge of woodland 
adjacent to the savannas. 
38. Aramis scolopaceus doloaus Peters 
Central American Limpkin 
Other Names. -- 
None known. 
Status.--Thie resident species is apparently rare in the Republic. 
Deseription.--A large brown marsh bird about the size of a bittern or night heron, with a 
very long, slightly decurved bill, a long neck, and long dark legs; general coloration is 
dark brown, streaked and spotted with white. In flight the large wings and slow steady 
wing strokes, made with an upward jerk, with legs trailing beyond tail are diagnostic 
characteristics. The sexes are alike in coloration. 
Voice. --Mournful wailing notes, cur-e-ow, usually in slow series, often at night. 

Measurements.-- 
! Male (6) - ‘Female (3) 
Wing, 310-330 (319.5) Wing, 300-305 (303) 
Tail, 138-158 (144,3) Tail, 134-138 (136) 
Tarsus, 117-142 (128) fareus, 115-121 (119) 
Culmen, 106-125 (117.7) Culmen, 108-118 (113) 
Genera] Distribution.--Eastern and western slopes of southern México and Central America, 
south to Panama. 
Distribution in Guatemala.--Observed only in the marshes adjacent to the Chiquimulilla 
Canal, east of Iztapa, and at Uaxactin in Petdn. 
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