458 TINAMID A. 
fulvo, pectore minime schistaceo; hypochondriis imis lateralibus et subcaudalibus albicantibus, nigro 
distincte transfasciatis. Long. tota circa 11-0, ale 6-9, caude 2-0, culm. 1-2, tarsi 1-9. (Descr. maris 
adulti ex Tampico. Mus. nostr.) 
? mari similis, sed supra fasciis crebrioribus pallidioribus ochraceis, hypochondriis et abdomine imo nigro 
distincte fasciatis distinguendus. Long. tota circa 10-5, ale 6:6. (Descr. femine adults ex Tampico. 
Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. N.E. Mexico, Tampico, Tamaulipas, Sierra Madre (Richardson!), Alta Mira 
(Armstrong *), Hacienda de los Atlixcos, Monte Verde (/. D. G.1). 
C. mexicanus was described from specimens in our collection. It has a uniformly 
coloured breast, as in C. boucardi, with a very conspicuous white throat, shaded with 
grey below, the tint of the breast is ochraceous, and the lower abdomen is white, slightly 
barred with black, as are also the lower flanks. The upper surface, too, is more 
distinctly brown than in C. boucardi. 
This species inhabits low scrubby thickets or arid tropical districts, and both it and 
C. occidentalis may be distinguished from the other Mexican ‘inamous by their 
paler colour °. 
6. Crypturus inornatus. 
Crypturus inornatus, Nelson, Auk, xvii. pp. 2537, 254’. 
C. mexicano similis, sed supra saturate rufescenti-brunneus, notei fasciis haud distincte indicatis; corpore 
subtus rufescentiore. (Descr. ex script. Nelson.) 
mari similis, sed saturatior, et noteeo gastreoque magis rufescenti-brunneis. 
Hab. 8.E. Muxico, Northern Vera Cruz and Puebla, Metlaltoyuca (Nelson). 
C. inornatus is not represented in our collection, and we are therefore unable to 
judge of the validity of the species. It is said to be most nearly allied to C. mexicanus, 
from which the males may be distinguished by their deep reddish-brown colour and 
the absence of black bars on the wings and fore part of the back and the more rufous 
underparts; the females are much darker, and are reddish-brown above and below. 
The darker back and brighter-coloured nape and neck of C. inornatus suffice to 
distinguish it !. 
The habitat is said to be the dense, humid, tropical forests of Northern Vera Cruz 
and the adjacent parts of Puebla. 
Mr. Nelson remarks that the general resemblance of C. meaxicanus of Tamaulipas, 
in Eastern Mexico, to C. occidentalis of Tepic, on the opposite side of the continent, 
but living in similar climatic conditions, is much greater than that of C. mexicanus to 
C. inornatus, living in contiguous districts, but with marked climatic differences. 
7. Crypturus occidentalis. 
? Nothocercus sallei (nec Bp.), Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 8077. 
Crypturus occidentalis, Salvad. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxvii. p. 546°; Nelson, Auk, xvii. p. 254°, 
C. boucardi similis, sed ubique pallidior, supra cinerascens, dorso postico, uropygio et supracaudalibus rufescenti- 
