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cars. Many thousands are killed each year by sportsmen, and the 

 hunting of this species is a favorite pastime with those addicted to 

 such sport. Like the bobwhite of North America, the spotted tina- 

 mou seems to have adapted its habits to changes brought about by 

 man in its haunts, so that when it receives the slightest encourage- 

 ment it remains common in spite of persecution. The meat is white 

 and palatable and the bird larger in bulk than a quail. It is hunted 

 with dogs, and though it has a tendency to run before them, makes 

 a very satisfactory game bird that might thrive if introduced in the 

 more temperate portions of the United States 



NOTHURA MACULOSA SAVANNARUM Wetmore 



Nothiira maculosa savannarum WEyrMORE, Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., 

 vol. 11, Nov. 4, 1921, p. 435. (San Vicente, Department of Rocha, 

 Uruguay.) 



The type specimen of this well-marked subspecies, an adult female, 

 was taken at San Vicente, Department of Kocha, Uruguay, on Jan- 

 uary 27, 1921. As pointed out in the original description, the bird 

 differs from Nothura m. nigroguttata in much bolder, heavier black 

 markings on the dorsal surface, paler, more finely streaked hind 

 neck, and more restricted, darker markings on the breast. In addi- 

 tion, the lateral bars on the sides and flanks are heavier and do not 

 extend as far out on the abdomen and upper breast. The same char- 

 acters set it off from true Nothura ni. maculosa^ while savannarum 

 in addition is paler, more buffy, less rufescent above and below. 

 Specimens of Nothura m. viinor (Spix) are not available, but from 

 Hellmayr's observations,^" this form, described from Diamantina 

 (formerly called Tejuco), Minas Geraes, Brazil, resembles savan- 

 narum in paler, more buffy coloration and restricted ventral mark- 

 ings, but is distinctly smaller. The wing in the type of savannarum 

 measures 139.5 mm., while the same measurement in a series of five 

 minor, according to Hellmayr, varies from 111 mm. to 116 mm. 

 The subspecies described as savanna-imm is supposed to range through 

 eastern Uruguay into Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and to meet minor 

 somewhere to the northward in southern Brazil. Names that have 

 been applied to spotted tinamous seem to refer entirely to other sub- 

 species than the present one. TiTiamius major (Spix)^^ is said by 

 Hellmayr ^^ to be a synonym of N. m. maculosa. Tinamus medius 

 Spix,^" also a synonym of true maculosa, is said to be based on an 

 immature bird. There may be confusion in regard to these names, 

 as T. medius and T. minor were described from Tejuco, now called 

 Diamantina, Minas Geraes, while T. major is given as from " Campis 



" Abhand. KOn. Bayerischen Akad. Wiss., vol. 22, 1906, pp. 707-708. 

 "Av. spec. nov. Brasiliam, vol. 2, 1825, p. 64, pi. 80. 

 " Av. spec. nov. Brasiliam, vol. 2, 1825, p. 65, pi. 81. 



