CHESTNUT-HEADED TINAMOU 



i. Tinamus major castaneiceps Salvador! 

 Chestnut-headed Tinamou 



Tinamus castaneiceps STONE, Proc. Phila. Acad. Nat. Sci., 

 1918, p. 241. 



Length, about 406 mm. (16.00 in.) ; tail, about 

 94 mm. (3.70 in.). 



Male. Above, olive brown with somewhat 

 sparse irregular black bars on back, rump and 

 wings; top of head chestnut brown, the forehead 

 tinged with blackish; upper neck and sides of 

 head pale tawny chestnut, finely barred with 

 black; throat whitish; lower neck, chest, breast 

 and sides, grayish olive, the lower breast and 

 abdomen pale grayish buff finely and indis- 

 tinctly barred with dusky. Bill, blackish olive 

 above, lighter below; feet olive grayish. 



Female. Similar to male. 



A bird very similar in habits to Crypturus, the 

 following species, but frequenting chiefly wilder 

 places and more inclined to avoid the vicinity of 

 human habitations. It is often seen on Barro 

 Colorado Island wandering about the woods 

 singly or in pairs, or is flushed by those walking 

 along the trails. The common call resembles 

 that of Crypturus, whose notes Dr. Chapman 

 says are like those of a piccolo, while those 

 of this species are louder and more flute- 

 like. The call was often heard on Barro 

 Colorado Island at intervals during the day and 

 night. 



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