17'*^ Rcariiii^ ol TaUntj-'a Tiiiauioiis. 



from April iitl: to JStli, Hic tirsl of these eggs was broken and the remainder 

 jiiii under a l)antam, wlio desertecL 



Tlie hen Tinaniou again laid — eggs being laid on Ma)' I2th. i6th and 

 jjncl. and on Mav 25th she was incubating a clutch of four eggs — being dis- 

 turbed she deserted and the eggs were given to a l)antam — three were hatched 

 out, one egg being clear- — the l)antam was inattentive and cruslied tlie 

 chicks beneath her. 



On May 29th and June 3rd L found two more broken eggs, so I 

 modified the aviary, making a retreat to which they could go unseen, though 

 I was able to watch them unnoticed. Subsecjuently I saw the hen Tinamou 

 construct a nest of grass and feathers — I saw the first egg on June 9th and 

 others were laid on the uth, 15th. and i8th respectively. On the latter 

 date she was incubating closely, only leaving her eggs for food — before leav- 

 ing she completely covered the egg.s — the male took no jiart in incubation. 



On the morning of July 8th I saw some egg shells outside the nest and 

 n little black head showed beneath its mother — I did not disturb them, but in 

 the evening I saw her in the aviary with three chicks — she had left the nest 

 about four hours, still leaving two eggs in the nest — the fifth egg being laid, 

 I believe, about June 20th, after incubation had commenced. The following 

 day I saw the hen chasing her mate and violently pecking him about the 

 head — I immediately caught her up and put her and the three chicks into a 

 small inner aviary. 



Although the two eggs she left in the nest were ciuite cold I put them 

 under a bantam, and, on July loth I found a young chick under the bantam, 

 the other egg being clear — I put the chick with the hen Tinamou, who took 

 to it at once — she reared all four, they arc very fine and vigorous birds. 

 The young Tinamous ate the insectile mi.xture freel}-, and were very keen 

 on mealworms. 



It is noticeable that, contrary to other species of tinamous, the hen 

 alone incubated the egg and reared the young. 



After the young were reared 1 reunited the parents, who got on very 

 well together. 



Erratum. 



Pas'e 131, July issue; transpose lines 9 and 10. 



