3. CKYPXUHUS. 521 



rufescent or buff; under tail-covcrts rufous buff, shrongly barred 

 with black the tips rufous buff; primaries greyish brown, second- 

 aries ohve-brown vcrmicuhited or dotted with dusky ; marginal 

 uadcr wing-coverts brown-grey, the last row grey dusted with 

 brown, central ones whitish grey; tail olive-brown, the lateral 

 leathers edged with wliitish buif, and with a black line inside the 

 pale edge: bil dusky, lower mandible pale; feet horn-brown, 

 lotal ength about lU inches, wing (M, tail IS, culmen 0-f), 

 tarsus I'd. ' 



Ilah. Venezuela. 



■ a. Ad. sk. Venezuela (A'pence). .Salvin-Godmnu Coll. (Type of 



species.) 



4. Crypturus griseiventris. 



Similar to ^ obsoletus and O. castaneus, and intermediate between 

 •the two Differs trom O. obsoletus in having the hind lower neck 

 rufous chest^nut, like C. castaneus, and the upper jiarts of a much 

 brighter rufous chestnut, nearly as in C. castaneus; sides of the 

 head posteriorly tinged with rufous ; lower breast and abdomen 

 •dull greyish with obsolete crescentic brown bars; under tail-coverts 

 asm C obsoletus; tail rufous chestnut like the back; feet olive- 

 toes much shorter than in either C. obsoletus or C. castaneus. Total 

 length about 12 inches, wing G-o, tail 2, culmen 0-9, tarsus 1-62 

 middle toe without claw 0-'.)2. ' 



J/ah. Santarem on the Amazons, Brazil. 



"\L^,!^"'' ?■ Santarem, Amazons Salvin-Godman Coll. 



moulting, sk. (H. Wichham). (Types of species.) 



5. Crypturus castaneus. (Plate IX.) 



Tinamus ob'soletus, part., G. R. Gv. List Gallince Brit. Mm. p. 99 



Crypturus castaneus, G. R. Gr. Hand-list, iii. p. 4, n. 9881 (1871)- 

 ^clat. if i>ah: ^omcncl. Av. Neotrop. p. 152, n. a (1873). 



Adult (tj-pe). Similar to C. obsoletus, but of a much brighter 

 •chestnut both above and below, and also on the lower i.art of the 

 hind neck ; scarcely any trace of vermiculations on the back ; upper 

 part of the head and nape smoky black ; forehead and sides of the 

 head dark grey ; throat paler grey ; feathers of the abdomen and 

 Hanks brown, with ochreous-butf apical bars: under tail-coverts 

 ochroous buff, centred with brown, some variegated with brown on the 

 outer webs ; quills dark greyish brown, tertials tinged with chestnut • 

 upper wing-coverts chestnut like the back, but (ho hidden base 

 brown; under wing-coverts greyish brown, the last row pale grey 



iwk fL""! '''"'w\°^'^' '^"'•^^' '="' '^^°^™= upper 'mandible 

 .black, the lower whitish ; feet in dry skin reddish brown Total 



