PILEATED TINAMOU 



2. Crypturus soui panamensis (Cabanis) 

 Pileated Tinamou "Perdiz de Rastrogo" 



Crypturus soui modestus STONE, Proc. Phila. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci., 1918, p. 241. 



Sexes similar. Length, about 230 mm. (9.00 



in.); tail, about 43 mm. (1.70 in.). General 

 color of plumage brown, dull and dark on the 



FIG. 3. Crypturus soui panamensis 



top and sides of the head and shading to a warm 

 rich chestnut brown on the tail; chin and upper 

 throat white; foreneck and upper chest grayish 

 brown; breast and abdomen tawny rufous. Bill 

 brownish gray above, lighter below; iris brownish 

 yellow; feet yellowish green. 



Young. Similar to adults but more olive 

 brown above; wing coverts and upper tail cov- 

 erts barred at the tips with pale orange brown. 



Found in most places where there is dense 

 brush or undergrowth. The most mysterious 

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