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than rufesceut; the spots on the lower fore neck aud upper breast 

 of a darker black, more roundish, and better defined ; also the black 

 bars on the sides better defined : " iris and feet yellow " (Siemi- 

 radzH). Total length 8-5-10 inches, wing 5-5-'J-25, culmen 0-7-0-8, 

 tarsus 1*3-1'52. 



Female. Larger than the male. 



Hab. Central Pampas, Argentine Republic. 



The types (male and female) of this apparently new species have 

 been collected by Dr. Joseph Siemiradzki and belong to the Branicki 

 Museum of "Warsaw ; they have been sent to me for inspection by 

 Dr. Stolzmann. 



'■i. Nothura boliviana. 



Nothura media, G. R. Gr. (nee Spi.c), List Gallince B. M. p. 104 

 (Bolivia) (1867); id. Hand-list, ill. p. o, n. 9904 (part., Bolivia) 

 (1871). 



Similar to ^V. maculosa, but paler below and much smaller. Total 

 length 8-8-5 inches, wing 5-5-5, culmen 0-()2-0-67, tarsus 1-02-1-1. 



Hab. Bolivia. 



Specimen d from Cinti, mentioned below, differs from the others 

 in being paler, especially on the neck and lower parts. 



a, b, c. Ad. St. Bolivia. T. Bridges, Esq. [C.]. 



(Types of species.) 

 d. Ad.sk. Cinti, Bolivia. .'-^alviu-Godnian Coll. 



4. Nothura marmorata. (Plate XVIII.) 



Nothura marmorata, G. R. Gr. List Gallina B. M. p. 104 (Bolivia) 



(1867) ; id. Hand-list, iii. p. 5, n. 9903 (1871) ; Sclat. Sf Sain. 



Norn. Av. Xeotrop. p. 153, n. 2 (1873) ; iid. P. Z. >S. 1879, p. 642 ; 



Schleff. Mus. P.-B., Tinami, p. 44 (Bohvia) (1880) ; Bias. J.f. O. 



1885, p. 405. 

 Tinaraus marmoratus, Gieh. Thes. Om. iii. p. 636 (1877). 

 ? Nothura maculosa, v. Boeck (ww Temm.), MT. orn. Ver. Wien, 



1884, p. 165 (Cochabamba, Bolivia) ("? = marmorata) ; Bias. ibid. ; 



id. J.f. O. 1885, p. 405. 



Similar to N. maculosa, especially on the back ; the lower parts 

 much whiter, the brown spots almost confined to the neck ; upper 

 breast pale reddish vinous, the feathers with whitish edges and 

 usually with one brown spot in the middle : flanks with narrow 

 brown undulated bands ; axillaries fulvous, with brown-grey hands. 

 Total length 9-10 inches, wing 5-6-6, culmen 0-72-0-75, tarsus 

 1-4-1-46. 



Hab. Bolivia. 



a, h. Ad. St. Bolivia. T. Bridges, Esq. [C.]. 



(Types of species.) 



5. Nothura boraquira. 

 Tinamus boraquira, Spiv, Aves Bras. ii. p. 63, t. 79 (1825) ; Tetntn. 

 PL Col., genre Tinaraou, .*p. 4 & footnote (1826): Less. Man. ii. 

 p. 205 (1828) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 6:« (1877). 



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