456 TINAMIDZ. 
Barranco Hondo, Medio Monte, Volcan de Agua, Zapote, Costa Grande (0. S. & 
F. D. G.?); Satvapor, La Union (Lesson! 2), La Libertad, Volcan de San Miguel 
(Richardson *); Honpuras (Dyson*); Nicaragua’, Leon, El Volcan, Chinandega 
(Richardson®); Costa Rica, Bebedero (Arcé?), San José 8, Esparza 14 (v. Frantzius), 
La Palma, Gulf of Nicoya (Nutting *). 
The type of this species was obtained at La Union in Salvador, and there are 
specimens in our collection from the same country. We have here followed Count 
Salvadori in his identifications in the ‘Catalogue of Birds,’ as his conclusions are 
founded on our series, the whole of which was placed at his disposal for study in 
Turin; it is possible, however, that the birds from Tehuantepec, whence we have no 
examples, will prove to belong to C. occidentalis. 
In Guatemala the present species was found only on the slopes of the mountains in 
the hot country bordering the Pacific Ocean. In Costa Rica it is scarce in the Gulf of 
Nicoya, occurring in the thick forests, living on the ground. Sumichrast says that in 
Tehuantepec the species is never found on the plains 8. 
8. Crypturus goldmani. | 
Crypturus sallei (nec Scl.), Salv. Ibis, 1874, p. 8328+; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 462°. 
Crypturus sallei goldmanni, Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, xiv. p. 169°. 
Crypturus cinnamomeus, pt., Salvad. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxvii. p. 541°; Oates, Cat. Eggs Brit. 
Mus. i. p. 12, t. 1. fig. 2”. 
C. cinnamomeo similis, sed subtus pallidior, dilutius cervinus, fasciis alarum ochraceis crebrioribus. Long. tota 
circa 9:0, alee 5:8, caude 1-8, culm. 1:0, tarsi 1°6. (Descr. exempl. ad. ex N. Yucatan. Mus, nostr.) 
Hab. Mexico, Yucatan? (Cabot), Izamal, Peto, Buctzotz (Gawmer *), Chichen-Itza 
(Nelson & Goldman *). 
_ C. goldmani may be regarded as a pale race of C. cinnamomeus. Various examples 
in our series of the latter, especially one from Chinandega, approach it very closely, 
and it seems possible that a complete connection between the two forms will be found. 
The Yucatan bird is described as being smaller than the typical C. sall@i (i. e. 
C. cinnamomeus), paler in colour, and greyer on the back, the light transverse bars 
are more strongly marked, extending further forward on the back and wing, and the 
underparts are less rufous. 
The female is paler than the male, and more obviously and extensively barred with 
lighter colour on the back and wings. In the dry season C. goldmani is met with in 
great numbers at the “aguadas” and along the roadsides during the heat of the day, 
seldom taking wing unless hard pressed. This Tinamou may be found domesticated 
in many houses, where it is said to rid the premises of the dreaded “ Alacranes” 
(scorpions) ?. 
The egg is of a pinkish stone-colour >, 
