(WHITE-HEADED GUAN.)
+Penelope pipile+, _Burm. La-Plata Reise_, ii. p. 499 (Tucuman).
+Pipile cumanensis+, _Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S._ 1870, p. 529;
_Burm. P. Z. S._ 1871, p. 702 (Tucuman).
_Description._--Bronzy black; whole top of the head white, with
narrow black shaft-stripes; wing-coverts and breast-feathers edged
with white; a large blotch on the wing white; naked cheeks and
throat-caruncle blue: whole length 27·0 inches, wing 13·0, tail
11·0. _Female_ similar.
_Hab._ South America from Venezuela to Northern Argentina.
Dr. Burmeister tells us that this Guan, which is widely extended in
South America, occurs in the forests of Tucuman.