. A dictionary of birds . Among English writers thename Trumpeter was carried on by Pennant, Latham, and othersso as to be generally accepted, though an author may occasionallybe found willing to resort to the native Agami, which is thatalmost always used by the French. 1 Not to be confounded with the H^ron Agami of BufiFon {Ois. vii. p. 382),which is the Ardea agami of other writers. 992 TRUMPETER Messrs. Sclater and Salvin in their Nomendator (p. 141) admit6 species of Trumpet-birds—(1) the original Fsophia crepitans ofGuiana ; (2) P. napensis of eastern Ecuador (which is v-ery likelythe ver
. A dictionary of birds . Among English writers thename Trumpeter was carried on by Pennant, Latham, and othersso as to be generally accepted, though an author may occasionallybe found willing to resort to the native Agami, which is thatalmost always used by the French. 1 Not to be confounded with the H^ron Agami of BufiFon {Ois. vii. p. 382),which is the Ardea agami of other writers. 992 TRUMPETER Messrs. Sclater and Salvin in their Nomendator (p. 141) admit6 species of Trumpet-birds—(1) the original Fsophia crepitans ofGuiana ; (2) P. napensis of eastern Ecuador (which is v-ery likelythe veritable Oiseau trompette of De la Condamine) ; (3) from the right bank of the Rio Negro; (4) P. leucopterafrom Peru and the right bank of the Upper Amazons; (5) from the right bank of the Madeira ; and (6) P. ohscura, thedistinctness of which is denied by Dr. Sharpe (Cat. B. Br. p. 281), from the right bank of the Lower Amazons nearPara. And they have remarked {Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, PsoPHiA LEUCOPTERA. (After Mitchell.) 592) on the curious fact that the range of the several speciesappears to be separated by rivers, a statement confirmed by (Geogr. Distr. Anim. ii. p. 358); and in connexion there-with it may be observed that these birds have short wings andseldom fly, but run, though with a peculiar gait, very quickly. Aseventh species, P. ccmtatrix, from Bolivia, has since been indicatedby Prof. ^V. Blasius {Journ. f. Orn. 1884, pp. 203-210), who hasgiven a monographic summary of the Avhole group worthy ofattention. The chief distinctions between the species lie in colourand size, and it will be here enough to describe briefly the bestknown of them, P. crepitans. This is about the size of a largebarndoor Fowl; but its neck and legs are longer, so that it is a TUBINARES 993 taller bird. The head and neck are clothed with short velvety-feathers ; the whole plumage is black, except that on the lowerfront of tfhe neck the feathers
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