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Nos. 12771, 12782. 



? ? : al. 317— SOS : eanil. •,'84— 'iSO ; ctilm. 31) ; tars. .58—57 mm. 



[Cayenne (Bnffou, Hiocour collection in Mus. Brit.).] 



Family TINAMIDAE.* 

 495. Tinamus major (Gml.). 



Tetran major GmeWn. Si/sl. Xid.eii. xiii. i. 1. (1788) p. 7{!7 (ex Buff. & Daubent. PI. Eiil. 470 f-— 



typ. ex Cayenne— excl. quot. Marcgr.). 

 Tracht/pehiiiit: sidiriistdlii'i Ca.ha.ms in Schomb. Keise Brit. Guiaiiii iii. (1848) p. 74;( (typ. ex Brit. 



Guiana in Mus. Berol.). 



Cayenne, Market Place : 1 c? ad., October 8, 1902. No. 18. 



Al. 243 ; caud. On ; cnlui. 34 (18) ; tars. 04^ ram. 



This specimen differs from a female collected by the late H. Whitely, jnn., near 

 Camacusa, Brit. Guiana, in having the pilenm rnfous brown instead of blackish 

 brown, the front being bnt slightly mixed with blackish. The occipital pendent 

 crest is as well developed as in the Camacusa birds. 



[Cayenne (Buffon, Mns. Vindob., Mus. Brit., Mus. Heinean., Mas. Strickland). 

 Haut Oyapock (Geay leg. in Mus. Paris — /rdc Meneg.).] 



[49fi. Crypturus cinereus (Gral.). 



Tetrao cinereus Gmelin, Sysl. Xnt. eel. xiii. i. 1 (1788) p. 71)8 (ex Buffon, tome iv. p. ,010 — typ. ex 

 Cayenne). 



Cayenne (Buffon, M. (.'uoy collection in Sins. Brit., Mus. d. Pays-Bas).] 

 407. Crypturus soui (Herm.). 



TinaMiis soui Hermann, Tah. Af. Aiiim. (17K3) pp. IiU, 235 (ex Daubeuton, PI. Eid. 829 -typ. ex 



Cayenne). 

 Telruii iiilealiia Boddaert, 1783. 



Cayenne : 1 ? ad., October 21, 1902. No. 234. 



''Iris hazel, feet dusky pea-green, bill slate-black, jialc at bnse of mandible." 



Al. 131 ; caud. 42 ; culm. 21 J (12|) ; tars, 35J mm. 



[Cayenne (Buffon, Mus. d. Pays-Bas).] 



? [49S. Crypturus tataupa (Teram.). 



Tinamus Uititujut Temmiuck, lli.tt. Xut. {Iix Piqeous el Giilliiiue, iii. (1815) pp. 5110, 752 (liab. 

 " Bre'sil " typ. in Mus. Lisbon — hab. substit. Rio de Jaueiio). 



Cayenne (Mus. d. Pays-Bas).] 



[400. Crypturus variegatus (Gml.). 



Tinamim variegatus Gmelin, Si/st. Xiit. ed. xiii. i. 1 (1788) p. 708 (ex Buff. & Daubent. PI. Eiil. 828 

 . — typ. ex Cayenne). 



Cayenne (Buffon), Mus. d. Pays-Bas, H. C. Rothery collection in Mus. Brit., 

 " Charvin prfes du Maroni" (Geay leg. in Mus. Paris).] 



• The following species of Tinamidae not yet known from Cayenne may possibly occur there : 



1. Tinamus ^ao Tcmm.— Brit. Guiana — Par&. 



2. Cryjitur-us adsjicrsus Temni. — I'ara, ur C. simplex Salvarl. — Brit. Uuiana. 



3. Crypturus erijthritpvs Pelz.— N. Brazil, or C. dissimilis Salvatl. — Brit, (iuiana. 



t Daubenton'a I'late, altljough very bad, is recognisable, and the description given by BulTon leaves no 

 doubt that he had before hira a large Tiuamus with a rufuus pileum, 



