FAMILY TINAMIDAE 7 



fuscous, with tip light neutral gray; tarsus and toes neutral gray, 

 except for the roughened scales on the back of the tarsus, which are 

 mouse brown. 



The great tinamou, resident in heavily forested areas of the 



Fig. 2,— Great tinamou, perdiz de area, Tinamus major. The head shows the 

 smooth crown of the subspecies of western Panama, 



Tropical and lower Subtropical Zones throughout the Isthmus, is 

 much in favor as a game bird because of the meat, white with a 

 slight greenish tint, of the heavy breast. This is delicious in flavor, 

 excelling that of any other bird known to me when properly 

 prepared. Tinamous have been much reduced in number over ex- 

 tensive areas through destruction of their forest cover and through 



