514 TINAMID^. 



it has the neck darker than both the other species : on the upper 

 parts it is more Kke N. frantzii, and in the greater or last row of 

 lower under wing-coverts being barred it resembles N. honapartei — 

 in fact is intermediate between the two. 

 Hah. Antioquia, U.S. of Colombia. 



.«. ^ ad. sk. Frontino, U.S. of Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll. 



( T. K. Salmon) . (Type of species. ) 



■b, c. (S ad. sk. Concordia, U.S. of Colombia SalTin-Godman Coll. 



(7". K. Salmoti). 



3. CRYPTURUS. ^ 



Type. 



Cryptuxus, Illig. Prodr. Mamm. et Av. p. 244 (1811) . . C. cinereus. 



Mange. From Northern Mexico to Peru and the Argentine 

 Republic. 



Key to tJie Sj^ecies *. 



I. Upper parts not barred, neither distinctly 



vermiculated, but nearly uniform, both in 



males and females adult. 



a. General colour nearly uniform greyish 



brown ; only the upper part of the head 



and nape rufous brown cinereus, p. 517. 



it. Head greyish brown or even blackish 

 above, not uniform with the body, which 

 is more or less rufous brown. 

 a'. Breast more or less rufous chestnut. 

 a''. Throat grey. 



a'". Hind neck rufous chestnut like 

 the back. 

 a^. Breast, abdomen, and back nearly 



uniform bright rufous chestnut, castaneus, p. 521. 

 b^. Breast and back rufous chestnut, 



abdomen greyish griseiventris, p. 521. 



* I am not acquainted with the following species : — 



Cryptueus rubeipes. 

 Crypturus rubripes, Tacz. Orn. du Perou, iii. p. 303 (Lechugal) (1886). 



" C. supra obsolete rubente-brunneus, pileo obscuriore, superciliis latis 

 genisque isabellinis ; gula pectoreque medio pure albis, cello antico griseo, 

 abdomine medio pallido isabellino, lateribus ventris fasciis brunneis ; sub- 

 caudalibus basi rufesceutibus, disco et fascia undulata nigris ; alis griseo- 

 brunneis ; tectricibus majoribus, mediis et minoribus proximis apice albido 

 marginatis ; rectricibus basi cinereis, apice dorse conceloribus. 



(j" . Sommet de la tete d'uu fuligiueux bruuatre, a plumes du front et du 

 vertex passant au neiratre a I'extremite, borde des deux cotes d'une large bande 

 sourciliere isabelle, sale et moins prononcee devant I'oeil ; joues de la ceuleur du 

 soureil jusqu'au bord pest^rieur de I'oeil; le reste des cotes de la tete gris- 

 brunatre ; cou posterieur, dos, scapulaires et croupion d'un brun rougeatre pale 

 tiraot au violet, a plumes du milieu du des et quelques-unes des scapulaires 

 pesterieures frangees de noiratre d'une maniere pen prononcee ; en dessous la 

 gorge est longuement et largement blanche ; tout le devant du cou gris, tirant 



