3. CRYPTUKUS. 519 



f,<j. 5 ad. sk. Santa Cruz, on the Iluallaja Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 River, E. Peru, Sept. Qi. 

 Bartlett). 



2. Crypturus obsoletus. 



Inambii aziilado, Azar. Apunt. iii. p. 52, n. 330 (1805). 



Tinainiis obsoletus, Temm. Pig. et Gallin. iii. pp. 688, 751 (Brazil 

 and rara»uay) (1815); Steph. Gen. Zool. xi. 2, p. 413 (1819); 

 Temm. PL Col. 196 (1823) ; Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 307 (1826)_; 

 Temm. PL Col, genre Tiuamou, sp. 12 (182G) ; Less. Man. ii. 

 p. 207 (1828); id. Tr. d'Orn. p. 513 (1831); id. Compl. de Buf. 

 2nd ed. Ois. p. 238 (1838) ; Tem7n. PI. Col. I Tahl. Meth. p. '87 

 (1839) ; G. R. Gr. Gen. B. iii. p. 524, n. 12 (1844) ; Rchnh. Sijn. 

 AiJ., Gallinacea;, t. 285. ff. 15(38-69 (1848) ; G. R. Gr. List Gallinte 

 Brit. Mus. p. 99 (part., Brazil and Bolivia) (1867) ; Reinh. Vid. 

 Med. naturh. Foren. 1870, p. 48 (Lagoa dos Pitos, Sumidouro, 

 Laf^oa Santa) ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. pp. 292, 453, Iv (Mattodentro, 

 Ypanema, Itarare) (1871) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 637 (1877). 



Cryptura cserulescens, Vieill. N. D. xxxiv. p. 101 (1819) (ex Azara). 



Tinamus CiErulescens, Vieill. Enc. Meth. i. p. 372 (1820). 



Crvpturus obsoletus, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 68, n. 703 (San Paulo) 

 (1823); Wayl. Syst. Av., gen. Crypturus, sp. 11 (1827); Tsch. 

 Arch. f. Naturg. 1844, i. p. 307, □. 280 (Peru) ; Thienem. Fort- 

 pjlanz.'t. V. f. 7 (egg) (1845) ; Tsch. Faun. Per., Aves, p. 46, n. 5 

 (1846); Licht. No7n. Av. p. 87 (1854); Bp. Coiiipt. Rend. xlii. 

 p. 881,11. 325 (1856) ; id. Tabl. Parall. Gallin. (E.vtract), p. 12, 

 n. 322 (1856) ; Burm. Th. Bras. iii. p. 316 (Neu-Freiburg) (1856) ; 

 Elder, J. f. O. 1867, p. 418 (e^g) ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, iii. p. 4, 

 n. 9872 (1871); Sclat. S,- Salv. Nomencl. A>k Neotrop. p. 152 

 (Brazil and Paraguav) (1873) ; ? Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 563 (Mon- 

 terico) ; Cab. J. f. O. 1874, p. 230 ; Sorbi/, P. Z. 8. 1875, p. 361 

 (egg) ; Selaf. ^S' Sail). P. Z. S. 1879, p. 642 (Tilotilo, Bolivia) ; 

 tSchler/. Mus. P.-B., Tinanii, p. 22 (Brazil and New Granada ?) 

 (1880) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 49 (Chirimoto, X.E. Peru) ; Salv. 

 Cat. B. Strickl. Coll.-p. 640, n. 3112 (1882) ; Sclat. List Vert. An. 

 8th ed. p. 545 (Zool. Gard.) (1883) ; Berl. u. Jher. Zeitschr. ges. 

 Orn. 1885, p. 184 (Taquara do Mundo Novo) ; Tacz. Orn. Per. iii. 

 p. 296, Tables, p. 106 (1886) ; Berl. J. f. 0. 1887, p. 126, n. 350; 

 Sclat. S; Iluds. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 207 (18891 ; Heine u. Rchnw. 

 Nam. Mus. Hciii. Orn. p. :]03 (Pao Grande and Montevideo) (1890) ; 

 Hartert, Kut. Vogelsamml. p. 206, n. .3096 (1891). 



Tinamus rufus, Mus. ParU fide Less. Tr. d' Orn. p. 513 (1831). 



Crypturus variegatus?, Burm. {nee Gm.) J.f. O. 1853, p. 176 (egQ-). 



Crvpturus obscurus, " Z«f/iY." (errore), Crieh. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 637 

 (1877) ; Tacz. Orn. Per. iii. p. 296 (1886) {in st/n. C. ob^oleti). 



? Crypturus cinereus, White {nee Gm.), P. Z. S. 1882, p. 629 (Salta). 



Adult male. Head and upper neck dusky grey, throat paler ash- 

 grey ; lower hind neck brown ; upper parts rufous brown, slightly 

 vermiculated with dusky ; lower parts rufous chestnut, abdomen 

 paler ; feathers of the lower flanks and abdomen with crescentic 

 brown bars, producing a scale-like appearance ; under tail-coverts 

 deep brown, variegated and edged with ochreous rufescent ; pri- 

 maries and under wing-coverts greyish, the greater under wing- 

 coverts j)aler grey ; tail rufous brown : " bill reddish brown ; iris 



