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tered all over the surface of the eggs (but more thickly at the larger 

 end) in two series, the outer of a reddish brown color which overlies 

 the inner series which are of a pale lavender color. The average 

 size of a series of 24 eggs was 32.9 x 46.2 mm. 



I have found four and five eggs in a set but normally either two 

 or three would seem to constitute a full set, and when more than 

 three are found I suspect it is the result of two females laying in the 

 same nest 1 . 



TINAMIDAE THE TINAMOUS. 



CRYPTURUS CINEREUS (Gnielin). 

 Tetrao cinereus Gm., Syst. Nat. I. 1788. p. 768. 

 Crypturus cinereus Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 122. 



Observed and collected only at Maipures, where, while not un- 

 common, it was rarely seen, because of its exceeding wariness. 



CRYPTURUS soui soui (Hermann). 



Tinamus Soui Hermann, Tab. Affin. Anim. (1783) : p. 165 (Cayenne). 

 Tetrao pileatus Bodd., Tabl. PI. Enl. 1783. p. 51. 

 Crypturus pileatus Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 122. 



Native name P<oncha. This, like the preceding species, is very 

 wary and not often seen. I secured specimens at Xericagua only. 

 The natives assured me that neither species of Poncho, was found below 

 the falls of Atures. 



Berlepsch and Hartert record this species from La Pricion on 

 the Caura River. 



CRYPTURUS VARIEGATUS (Gmelin). 

 Tetrao variegatus Gm., Syst. Nat. I. 1788. p. 768. 

 Crypturus variegatus Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 122. 



Recorded by Berlepsch and Hartert from La Pricion on the 

 Caura River. Not observed by the writer. 



PLATALEIDAE THE SPOONBILLS. 



AJAIA AJAJA (Linnaeus). 

 Platalea Ajaja Linnaeus,. Syst. Nat. Ed. XII: 1766: 237. 



Common in the delta region and noted as far as the mouth of the 

 Rio Apure. 



"In the MUSEUM NEWS (Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences), IV. 1909. pp. 5O-53, I have pub- 

 ished a more general and extended account of the Hoatzin. 



