G. NoTuciu. 559 



c". Lower parts very pale whitish buff; upper 

 breast pale reddisli viuous, the feathers 

 with whitish ed^cs and usually with 



one hrowu spot in tlie middle . ." marmorata, p. 501. 



Zi'. Vermiculations and spottings of upper parts 

 much finer ; feathers of the breast with 

 whitish edges. 

 d". Breast paler, less extensively spotted, 



the feathers not distinctly barred borai/uiya, p. -561. 



e". Breast darker, more broadly spotted, and 

 with the feathers, especially the lower 

 ones, distinctly barred in the hidden 



portion " dancini, p. 562. 



b. Deep rufous ; back chestnut, vermiculated witli 



black ; wing 4-5 inches media, p. 5G3. 



1 . Nothura maculosa. 



Inambui, Azava, Apunt. iii. p. 40, n. 327 (Paraguay) (1805). 

 Tinamus maculosus, 2'emni. Pig. et Cfallin. iii. pp. 5.57, 748 (1815) 

 Y Wied, Reis. nach Bras. i. p. 116 (1820) (= medius, SpixY); 

 Temm. PI. Col, genre Tinamou, sp. 2 (1826) (= major, Spi.v) \ 

 ? Wied, Beitr. iv. p. 519 (1832) (= medius, Splv'i) ; Less. C'ompl. 

 de Buff. 2nd ed. Ois. p. 237 (1838) ; Nathm. J.f. 0. 1879, p. 358 

 (egg), 1882, p. 283. 

 Cryptura fasciata, VieilL X. D. xxxiv. p. 109 (1819) (ex Azara). 

 Tinamus fasciatus, Yieill. Enc. Meth. i. p. 370 (1820). 

 Crypturus maculosus, Licht. Verz. Doid)l. p. 68, n. 706 (San Paulo) 



(1823) ; Thienem. Fortpfianz. p. 26, t. v. f. 11 {(tgg) (1845). 

 Tinamus major, Spi.v {nee auct.), Av. Bras. ii. p. 64, t. 80 (Minas 



Geraes) (1825). 

 Nothura major, Wagl. Syst. Ao., gen. Nothura, sp. 2 (1827) ; id. 

 Isis, 1829," p. 747 ; Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 513, n. 2 (1831) ; Darwin, 

 Zool. Voy. ' Beagle; iii. p. 119 (1841) ; G. li. Gr. Gen. B. iii. p. 525, 

 n. 2 (1844), Append, p. 25 (1849) ; Rehnb. Syn. Av., Gallinacese, 

 t. 286. f. 1575 (1848) (e.r Spi.v) ; ? Bp. Compt. Rend. xlii. p. 881, 

 n. 338 (1856) ; id. TaM. Paratl. Gallin. (Extract), p. 12, u. 340 

 (1856); Pek. Orn. i?rfl,s. p. 295 (Ypiinema, Cimeterio, Poderaciras, 

 Ytarare, Jaguaraiba), pp.454, hi (1871); Alix, Journ. de Zool. 

 iii. pp. 167, 252, ])ls. viii.-xi. (skeleton and muscles) (1874). 

 Nothura medius, part., Waql. Syst.Av., gen. Nothura, sp. 2 (1827) ; 



Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 513, n. 3 (1831). 

 Tinamus maculatus. Less. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 204 (1828) ; Natter. 



fide Thienem. Forlpftanz. p. 26 (Anm.) (1845). 

 Nothurus maculosus, Sw. Class. B. ii. p. 345 (1837). 

 Nothura maculosa, G. R. Gr. Gen. B. iii. p. 525, n. 3 (svn. emend.) 

 (1844); id. List B. Brit. Mits. iii. p. 53 (syn. emend.) (1844); 

 Hartl. Ltd. Azar. Apnnt. p. 21, n. 327 (syn. emend.) (1847) ; 

 Licht. Norn. Av. p. 87 (Minas) (1854) ; Bnrm. Si/st. Ueb. Th. 

 Bras. iii. p. 336 (part.) (1856) ; id. J.f. O. 1866, p. 259 (La Plata) ; 

 id. La Plata-Reise, ii. p. 499 (part.) (1861); G. R. Gr. List 

 Gallincc Br. Mus. p. 104 (1867) ; Sclat. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 143 

 (Buenos Ayres) ; Ster7iberg, J.f. O. 1869, p. 274 (Buenos Ayres) ; 

 Holtz, J.f.'0. 1870, p. 19 (eggs) ; Reinh. Vid. Medd. naturh. Furen. 

 Kjiibenh. 1870, p. 51 (Minas Geraes) ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, iii. p. 5, 

 n. 9902 (1871); ? Ley bold, E.vc. Pamp. Arjent. p. — (1873); 

 Sclat. S^- Salv. Nom. Av. Neotrop. p. 153, n.'l (Brazil, Paraguay, 

 and Argentbe) (1873); Hudson, P. Z. S. 1874, pp. 167, 170; 



