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Crypturus tataupa. 

 PLATE XXX. 



Tinamou tataupa, Tinamus tataupa, Temminck, Planches 

 Coloriees, pi. 415. 



THIS bird is also a native of Paraguay, and has 

 nearly the manners with the last, a little more fami- 

 liarity is displayed, and it approaches commonly 

 nearer to cultivation, whence it has received the pro- 

 vincial name of Tataupa. It breeds in similar places 

 to the last, and the eggs are of a deep brilliant blue. 

 Violet and blue are remarkable colours in the eggs 

 of the gallinaceous birds, the former very rare among 

 any, and the tinamous seem to lead off in this respect 

 as well as many other peculiarities. 



The Tataupa is a small species, being only about 

 nine inches in length. The head, neck, breast, and 

 belly are of a greyish leaden colour; the throat pure 

 white, the back and wing-coverts brownish -black, 

 the feathers on the thighs and rump are dull black, 

 bordered with a narrrow band of white. The bill is 

 brilliant red, and the legs are of a purplish-red, both 

 contrasting well with the otherwise dull and chaste 

 plumage. 



