TINAMEDJ3. 103 



4. RHYNCHOTUS PEKDICARIUS. The Chilian Tinamou. 



Crypturus perdicarius, Kittl. Vog. Chili, t. 12. 



Nomura perdicaria, G. R. Gray. 



Rhynchotus perdicarius, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 881. 



a. South America. Presented by Lieut. Mawe, R.N. 



b. Valparaiso. Presented by Sir W. Burnett and Capt. 



Fitzroy, R.N. 



5. RHYNCHOTUS CINERASCENS. The Cinereous Rhynchotus. 

 Nothura cinerascens, Burm. Cab. Journ. I860, p. 



a. Coquimbo, female. Presented by Sir W. Burnett and 

 Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. 



6. RHYNCHOTUS PUNCTULATUS. The Small-spotted 

 Rhynchotus. 



Nothura punctulata, Gay, Hist, de Chile, i. p. 391. 



a. Bolivian Andes. From Mr. Brydges's Collection. 



7. RHYNCHOTUS PENTLANDH. Pentland's Rhynchotus. 

 Rhynchotus Pentlandii, G. R. Gray. 



a. The Andes of Bolivia. Presented by J. B. Pentland, 

 Esq. 



Front, broad band over the eyes, base of lower mandible, 

 front of neck and breast slaty grey ; feathers of the neck with 

 a single white spot at the apex of the shaft, while those of the 

 breast have a spot on each side of the shaft, also white but with a 

 black margin ; sides of body ferruginous grey, irregularly spotted 

 with white, margined and vermiculated with black ; top of head 

 black, margined and banded with ferruginous ; abdomen white ; 

 upper surface marked somewhat like the former species, but the 

 black bands are broader and less marbled with ferruginous, 

 outer margin of the feathers broadly greyish brown, and the 

 white line between this margin and the black centre is much 

 narrower ; the secondaries and tertials black, irregularly marked 

 on the outer web with fulvous white ; quills black, with smaller 

 white spots on the outer web than in the former species ; and it 

 is about the same size. 



