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Genus 19. —TIN AM US.— Latham. 
Generic Character. —Bill slender, slightly concave above, de¬ 
pressed, broader than deep, tip obtuse; the ridge distinct, form¬ 
ing a large nasal furrow in the upper mandible; nostrils lateral, 
ovate, placed in the furrow; lower mandible somewhat arcuated 
in the centre; tarsus long, frequently with asperities behind; toes 
short, entirely divided ; hallux very short; tail awanting, or very 
short; wings short; fourth, fifth, and sixth quills the longest. 
Tinamus sylvicolus. — The Barred Tinamoo. 
Plate LVII. fig. 1. 
Head brownish-ash colour; back, wing-coverts, and tail, 
barred with waved stripes of black, alternating with dusky- 
brown and chestnut; chin and gula gray; throat, and sides of 
the neck, as far as the bottom of the gula, bright orange-brown ; 
epigastrium, abdomen, and crissum, gray, with transverse undu¬ 
lated alternating bars of chestnut and black ; upper mandible 
blue; tarsus dusky in front, dull chestnut behind. Nine inches 
long. Inhabits Brazil. 
Genus 20.—HEMIPODIUS. — Temminck. 
Generic Character. —Bill slender, straight, greatly compressed, 
having an elevated ridge, and bent towards the tip ; nostrils 
basal, lateral, and partly closed by a naked membrane; tarsus 
long; feet with three anterior toes, and no hallux; tail with 
slender feathers, nearly concealed by the coverts above it, first 
quill the longest. 
Hemipodius tachydromus. — The Andalusian Turnix. 
Plate LVII. fig. 2. 
Back black, with zigzag black and red stripes; throat white ; 
breast red, with yellow bordered feathers, which have a black 
spot near the point; crown of the head brown, with three red¬ 
dish-yellow longitudinal bands. Six inches long. Inhabits 
Europe. 
