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■whitish at the base of the under inaiulible below ; tarsi and toes 

 brown. 



Length about V in. ; wing 4^ ; tail 2^; bill \\ tarsi %. 



Fam. CUCULID.^. 



SuBFAM. COCCYZINJE. 



348. Coccygus erythrophthalmus ( Wils.). 



Fam. COLUMBID^. 



SuBFAM. ZENADIN.E. 



349. Geotrygon molacea ( Tenim.). 1 



Male. Plumage above rufous-brown, the upper part of the back red- 

 dish-violet, crown and hind neck brownish ; front, chin, abdomen, and 

 under tail-coverts white ; lower part of neck and breast light vinaceous, 

 the feathers margined with pale rufous ; tail very deep rufous ; legs and 

 bill yellow. 



Length 9 in. ; wing 5^ ; tail 3| ; bill -| ; tarsi |. 



It agrees quite well with Temminck's plate of this species, but 

 the color on the hind neck is violet-red instead of violet-blue, 

 and there is no appearance of the golden reflections; perhaps 

 not fully adult. 



Fam. TDTAMID^. 



SuBFAM. TINAMINiE. 



350. Tlnamus rohilsius, Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 253. 



Male. Above reddish brown, with transverse black markings most 

 conspicuous on the wings and lower part of the back ; top of the bead 

 dark brown intermixed with rufous, sides of the head and a broad collar 

 around the neck bright rufous finely pencilled with black ; throat white ; 

 under plumtige ochraceous grey, crossed with numerous fine irregular 

 markings of dark brown, larger on the sides; under tail-coverts light 

 rufous, with broad brown bars on the outer edges of the feathers. 



Length about 15 in. ; wing 9 ; tail 3| ; bill 1^ ; tarsi 2^. 



