I. ■riNA>fLM. 497 



Ki'li to the tipecies *". 



a. General colour very dark, olive and slaty 

 black ; breast slaty grey ; upper part of the 



head black. Size very large tao, p. 497. 



h. General colour of the upper parts olive, more 

 or less brown ; breast not slaty grey. 

 h'. Wings more than 8 inches. 



b" . Upper part of head black, with no 

 chestnut-brown coloiu-. 

 b'" . Primaries, primary-coverts, andbastard- 



wing greyish rohusius, p. 500. 



c'". Primaries, primary -coverts, and bastard- 

 wing blackish fuscipennis, p. 500. 



c". Upper part of head not entirely black. 

 d'". Upper part of head olive-brown ; two 

 longitudinal rufous-buff bands on the 



sides of the nape snlitarius, p. 501. 



e'". Upper part of the head partly or 

 entirely rufous-brown or chestnut. 

 e^. Occipital crest of pendent feathers 

 more or less distinct. 

 c'. Sides of the head bright rufous 

 or conspicuously rufescent ; ear- 

 coverts rufous major, p. 502. 



f^. Sidesof the head dusky or blackish ; 

 ear-coverts blackish, 

 y". Slate-grey colour of the upper 

 part of the head confined to the 



forehead subcristatus, p. 504. 



g^. Slate-black colour of the upper 

 part of the head extended all 



over the anterior half latifron:^, p. 506. 



/■*. No distinct occipital crest. 



g''. Sides of the head distinctly ru- 

 fous ; upper part of the head 

 uniform bright rufous or cinnamon, ruficeps, p. 50ti 

 A'. Sides of the head not distinctly 

 rufous ; upper part of the head 

 deep chestnut, blackish on the 



forehead in .some specimens .... castaneicept p. 507. 

 c'. Wings 8 inche.«, conspicuously spotted with 

 whitish buff; size rather small ; upper 

 part of the head blackish guttatus, p. 508. 



1. Tinamus tao. 



Tinamus tao, Temm. Pig. et Gallin. iii. pp. 569, 749 (Para, Brazil) 

 (1815) ; Staph. Gen. Zool. xi. 2, p. 408 (1819) ; G. R. Or. Gen. B. 

 iii. p. 524, n. 1 (excl. syn.) (1844) ; Bp. Compt. Rend. xlii. p. 881, 



* Tinamus intermedius. 



Trachypelmvis intermedius, "Cah." Heine u. Rchtiw. Nomencl. Miis. Heiii. 

 Orii. p. oO;3, n. 4 (Bogota) (1889) (descr. nulla). 



I am not aware of Cabanis having described a species of TitMmtts -Kith the 

 above name. 



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