.500 TINAMID.E. 



2. Tinamus robustus. 



Tinamua major ?, Moore (ncc Gm.), P. Z. S. 1859, p. 63 (Omoa) ; 



Sclat. ibid, (probably different from vriajor) ; Sclat. 4" 8alx>. Ibis, 



1859, p. 226 (Belize aud Omoa) ; Salv. Ibis, 1866, p. 204 (=ro- 



bustusj. 

 Tinamus robustus, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 253 (Mexico ; descr. nulla) ; 



M. Oiven, Ibis, 1861, p. 59; Salv. Ibis, 1861, p. 355 (Yzabal) ; 



Parker, P. Z. S. 1862, pp. 257, 259, 1863, p. 517 (sacral vertebrte) ; 



Salv. Ibis, 1865, p. 195 ; Parker, Tr. Zool. Sac. v. pp. 205 et seq. 



(1866) ; G. R. Gr. List of Gallince Brit. Mux. p. 97 (Mexico) 



(1867) ; Huxley, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 425 (cut of the under view of 

 the skull) ; Sclat. ^- Snlv. Exot. Orn. p. 87 (part.), pi. xliv. (1868) 

 (descr. princeps) ; Sumichrast, Mem. Bost. Sac. N. H. i. p. 560 

 (1869); G. R. Gr. Hand-list, iii, p. 3, no. 9861 (part.) (1871); 

 Salv. ^ Sclat. Nom. Av. Neotrop. p. 152, n. 4 (part.) (1873) ; 

 Sorby, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 361 (egg) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 637 

 (1877); Schley. Mus. P.-B., Tinami, p. 11 (part.) (1880); Suvii- 

 chrast. La Naturaleza, v. p. 229 (1881) (State of Vera Cruz) ; Pelz. 

 u. Lor. Ann. naturh. Hofmns. iii. p. 61 (1888). 



Trachypelmus robustus, Heine u. Rchniv. Nom. Mus. Hein. Orn. 

 p. 303 (Playa Vicente) (1890). 



Adult. Above olive-brown, irregularly barred with black ; upper 

 part of the head black, occiput with some rufous-brown markings, 

 which on the nape become rufescent narrow bars; sides of the head 

 varied with black and rufescent ; throat white ; lower parts pale 

 olive-grey, darker on the breast and sides, and more or less waved 

 with narrow dark lines ; flauks with broader brown irregular bars ; 

 lower abdomen in some specimens more or less rufescent ; under 

 tail- coverts buff, each feather more or less varied with olive on the 

 edges of both webs ; upper wing-coverts like the back, secondaries 

 usually browner; primaries arid bastard- wing uniform greyish 

 brown ; under wing-coverts greyish brown, the last row lighter 

 and pure grey; tail olive-brown ; irides unrecorded ; upper mandible 

 blackish olive, lower mandible whitish ; feet dark olive. Total length 

 about 16 inches, wing 9"50, tail 3'50, culmen 1*25, tarsus 2"60. 



Bah. Mexico aud Central America, south to Guatemala and 

 British Honduras. 



a. Ad. St. Mexico. Gould Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Choctum, Guatemala, Jan. (O. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin). (Type of species figured in 'Exotic 



Ornithology,' pi. xliv.). 



c. 5 ad. sk. Sources of K. de la Pasion, Feb. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(O. Salvin). 



d. Ad. sk. British Honduras (Blanca)ieaux). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Tinamus fuscipennis. 



Tinamus robustus, Lawr. {nee Sclat.) Aim. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 140 

 (Costa Eica) (1868) ; Fra^itz. J.f. O. 1869, p. 374 (Costa Kica) ; 

 Salv. 8( Sclat. Nom. Av. Neotrop. p. 152, n. 4 (part.) (1873) ; Salv. 

 Ibis, 1874, p. 329 (Veragua) ; Schleg. Mus. P.-B., Tinami, p. 12, 

 specim. 6 (Costa Rica) (1880) ; Zeled. Cat. Av. Costa Rica, p. 29 

 (1882) ; id. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1885, p. 112, n. 596 (Costa Rica) ; 

 id. An. Mvs. Nac. Rep. Costa Rica, 1887, p. 128, n. 609 ; Richmond, 

 Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 525 (Escondido, Nicaragua) (1893). 



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