14 TIXAMID^. 



Nothura darwini, Gray. 



Nothura darwini, Sol. !<c Hurls. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 547 ; iid. Argent. Orn. 

 ii. p. 213 (1889) ; Salradori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 562 (1895) ; 

 Sharpe, Iland-l. i. p. 11 (1899). 



The single q^% of Darwin's Tinaraou in the Collection is an 

 elongated ellipse, the two ends being precisely similar. In colour 

 it is undistinguishable from the majority of the eggs of N. macxdosa. 

 It measures 2 by 1-25. 



1. Uruguay. A. K, MacKinnon, Esq. [P.]. 



Sub-Family TINAMOTIDIN^. 



In this sub-family the eggs are usually of a regular elliptical 

 form and always of a green colour. 



Genus CALOPEZUS, Eidgiv. 



Calopezus elegans {D'Orh. 6f Oeoffr.). 

 (Plate I. fig. 4.) 



Eudromia elegans, Hudson, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 545. 



Calodromus elegans, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 311 ; id. Zool. ' ChalV 



E.Tped. viii. p. 152 (1880) ; Sel. ^ Huds. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 214 



(1889). 

 Calopezus elesans, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 566 (1895) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 12 (1899). 



The eggs of the Martineta Tinamou vary in colour from pale 

 yellowish -green to dark sage-green. They measure from 2 to 

 2-25 in length, and from 1'5 to 1-55 in breadth. 



1. South Brazil {G. Hartlaub). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. '^outh ViYAzW (H. Burmeisfer). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



3. Argentine Republic, Dec. A. 11. Holland, E-q. [C.]. 



2. West Falklauds. * Voy. H.M.S. 'Challenger.' 



Genus TINAMOTIS, Vigors. 



Tinamotis pentlandi, Vigors. 

 (Plate I. fig. 5.) 



Tinamotis pentlandi, James, Xew List of Chilian Birds, p. 14 (1892) ; 

 Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 568 (1896); Lane, Ibis, 1897, 

 p. 316; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 12 (1899). 



Of the four eggs of Pentland's Tinamou in the Collection, two 



* Thpse eggs are certainly those of C. elegans, but some mistake has 

 probably been made regarding the locality in whicb thev were collected. 



