496 



Family TINAMIDiE. 



Keij to the Genera. 



a. With a liind toe. {Tinaminm.) 



a . Tail-featheva teu, hidden by the upper tail- 

 coverts. 

 a" . Hiud aspect of the tarsus rough. 



a'". Scales of the hiod aspect of the tarsus 

 with the upper margin prominent ; toes 



short 1. TiNAMUS, p. 49G. 



h'". Scales of the hind aspect of the tarsus 



not prominent on the upper margin ; [p. 509. 



toes, especially the middle one, long . . 2. Nothocercus, 



b". Hind aspect of the tarsus smooth 3. Cbyptubus, 



b'. Tail-feathers rudimentary, mixed with the [p. 514. 



upper tail-coverts, 

 c". Bill rather long, curved and tapering to a 

 point, 

 c'". Hind toe rather long ; primaries uniform [p. 547. 



rufous 4. Ehynchotus, 



d'" . Hind toe short ; primaries not uniform [p. 550. 



rufous 5. NOTHOPBOCTA, 



d". Bill rather short, almost straight, not 

 gradually tapering to a point, but more bent 

 at the tip. 

 c'". Upper tail-coverts not very long ; sexes 



similar , 6. Nothuba, p. 558. 



f". Upper tail-coverts of the male extremely [p. 564. 



long and abundant 7. Taoniscus, 



b. Hind toe wanting. (Tinamotidince.) [p. 566. 

 c . Acrotarsi squamated, or with transverse scales. 8. Calopezus, 



d'. Acrotarsi reticulated, or with hexagonal [p. 567. 



scales 9. Tinamotis, 



Subfamily I. TINAMIN^. 

 1. TINAMUS. 



Type. 



Tinamus, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 633 (1790) T. major. 



Cryptura, Vieill. Analyse, p. 52 (1816) T. major. 



Pezus, Spiv, Av. Bras. ii. p. 61 (1825) T. major. 



Trachypelmus, Cab. in Schomh. Heis. in Br. Guian. iii. 



p. 749 (1848)* T. major. 



Trachypelma, Gieb. Thcs. Orn. iii. p. 648 (1877). 



Range. Confiaed to the Neotropical llegion, from Mexico to Peru 

 and Paraguay. 



* Or 1843 according to G. E. Gr. Hand-list, iii. p. 3. 



