564 TINAMID^. 



? Crvpturus minor, Thienem. Fortpfianz. p. 26, t. v. f. 12 (egg) (1845). 

 Nothura assimilis, G. R. Gr. List GallincR B. M. p. 105 (J 867) ; id. 



Hand-list, iii. p. 6, n. 9906 (1871). 

 Tinamus assimilis, Gieb. T/ies. Orn. iii. p. 635 (1877). 

 ? Nothura nana, Hartert {nee Temm.), Kat. Vvgelsamml. p. 206, 



n. 3101 (1891) ( = minor, Spix). 



Adult. Differs from all the other species in its smaller size 

 and decidedly rufous colour. Sides of the forehead and head, 

 neck, breast, and abdomen rufous, brighter on the abdomen and 

 thighs ; crown and back chestnut, vermiculated with black, the 

 feathers of the' back grej'ish on the edges, and with two buff lateral 

 stripes, more or less distinct ; sides of the head and neck with 

 brown stripes or marks ; throat whitish ; breast with brown marks, 

 broader on the sides, where the feathers are mesially chestnut ; 

 flanks barred with brown ; upper tail-coverts and tail greyish buff, 

 undulated with brown ; upper wing-coverts rufous with brown bars ; 

 primaries marked with brown and rufous on the outer web, brown 

 barred with rufous on the inner one ; secondaries barred with 

 rufous-cinnamon and brown ; under wing-coverts rufescent, the 

 last row greyish, more or less barred with rufous. Total length 

 about 7'o inches, wing 4-5, culmen 0"75, tarsus 1"2. 



Female. Similar, onlj' somewhat larger. Total length about 

 8 inches, tarsus 1"25. 



Although Spix's plates 81 and 82 scarcely agree with the types 

 of N. assimilis, Gr., still they seem referable to the present bird. 



Hah. S. Brazil. 



a. Ad St. S. America. Zool. Soc. (Type of 



A'. assi)nilis. ) 

 h. Ad. sk. No locality {Eyton Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. $ ad. sk. Ytarare, Brazil, Febr. {Nat- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



terer). 



d. S ad.sk. Cbapada, Matto Grosso, Mav Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(H. H. Smith). 



7. TAONISCUS. 



Type. 

 Taoniscus, Glog. Hand- u. Ililfsb. d. Naturg. p. 404 (1842). T. nanus. 

 Pavuncula, Bi). Comj}^ Bend. xUi. p. 881, geu. no. 100 (1856). T. nanus. 



Range. Paraguay and S. Brazil. 



1. Taoniscus nanus. 



Inambu-carap6, Azara, Apvnt. iii. p. 45, n. 328 (1805) (Paraguay). 

 Tinamus nanus, Temm. Pig. et Gallin. iii. pp. 600, 733 (1815) 



(Paraguav, ex Azara) ; 'Vieill. Enc. Meth. i. p. 371 (1823) ; 



Temm. PL Col. 316 (San Paulo) (1824); id. PI. Col, genre 



Tinamou, sp. 5 (1826) ; Less. 3Ian. ii. p. 205 (1828) ; id. Compl. 



de Bvf. 2nd ed. Ois. p. 237 (1838) ; Teynm. PI. Col. i., Tabl. 



Meth.'^. 87 (1838) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 637 (1877). 

 Cryptura nana, Vieill. N. D. xsxiv. p. 102 (1819) {ex Azara). 



