J. T1NA51C9. 505 



p. 640, n. 3110 (1882); id. Ibis, 1886, p. 181 (British Guiana) ; 



W. L. Sclat. Ibis, 1887, p. 317. 

 Tinamus major, part., G. li. Gr. List Gallina; Brit. Mns. p. 96, 



specim. a (1867) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. p. 636 (part.) (1877); Schleg. 



Mus. P.-B., Tinami, pp. 13-17, specim. 1, 5, 6 (1880). 

 Tinamus major subcristatus, Schleg. Mus. P.-B., Tinami, p. lo 



(1880). 



Adult male. Forehead and above the eyes greyish black, remainder 

 of the upper part of the head, with the occipital pendent crest, 

 chestnut; sides of the head anteriorly and the ear-coverts blackish, 

 posteriorly and the sides of the neck varied with rufous and 

 blackish, each feather having the centre blackish and the edges 

 rufous, so that those parts have a distinct scaly appearance ; throat 

 white ; lower neck pale olive-brown ; back, rump, and upper tail- 

 coverts olive-brown, the latter with some buflf edges and obsolete 

 bars ; wings olive, but the secondaries rufous olive-brown ; pri- 

 maries uniform greyish brown ; primary-coverts and bastard-wing 

 greyish brown, with a slight reddish-brown tinge ; under wing- 

 coverts greyish brown, distinctly edged with olive, the last row 

 pure grey ; tail olive rufous-brown ; lower parts pale olive-grej', 

 finely waved along the middle with dusky lines ; flanks bufF, broadly 

 and irregi;larly barred : bill in dry skin brown above, pale below ; 

 feet olive. Total length about 17 inches, ^ving 9-25, tail 3"25, 

 culmen 1*30, tarsus 2'60. 



Female. Differs from the male in having the upper parts or back 

 and wings more or less with black transverse markings or 

 barrings. 



Young. More reddish than the adult ; upper parts dotted with 

 paler rufous spots. 



A young in down from Takutu (apparently belonging to this 

 species) has the forehead and temporal regions mixed with greyish 

 and chestnut ; a loral spot and an ear-patch chestnut ; a large patch 

 from the crown to the occiput brown-chestnut ; mantle greyish 

 brown, -with the hairy tips of the feathers chestnut : lower back and 

 rump yellowish, thickly dotted with brown ; scapulars, breast, and 

 sides chestnut ; throat and abdomen greyish ; sides of the rump 

 glossy chestnut ; wings greyish brown. 



Ilah. Guiana. 



a. Ad. St. S. America. Gen. T. Ilardwicke 



[P.]. 

 {T. major, Or., specim. a.) 



b, c. Ad. St. & sk. Cayenne. Purchased. 



(i,e. c? 2 ad. sk. Camacusa, Brit. Guiana, Feb., Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



Sept. (U. Whitely). 

 f. 5 ad. sk. Bartica Grove, Brit. Guiana, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sept. (H. Whitely). 

 y. <S juv. sk. Merume Mts., Brit. Guiana, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



July (H. Whitely). 

 h. Pull. sk. Takutu R., Brit. Guiana (if. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



fVhitely). 



