WAYS OF TINAMOU 257 



Photo by P. G. 11. 

 FIG. 82. SMOOTH TARSUS OF CRYPTURUS 



sacrifice to the favor of "Marster" or "Sahib" or "Tuan," 

 rather than to the most elusive goddess of all hierarchy. 



To Nupee, Tinamus, or the great tinamou, was known 

 as maru; the two Crypturus, the pileated and variegated 

 tinamou, were respectively orri-orri and sulima. 



Our conversation was brief and to the point, running 

 somewhat as follows : 



"Nupee, you know orri-orri?" 



"Yes, marster." 



"He sleep in tree?" 



"No, orri-orri sleep on ground." 



"Does sulima sleep in tree?" 



"No, sulima sleep on ground." 



"You know maru?" 



"Yes." 



"Then maru sleep on ground, too?" 



"No, maru sleep in tree." 

 Then, in the course of the next few days: 



"Nupee, you say maru and sulima sleep on ground?" 



"No, maru always sleep in tree, ever' night." 



This was pretty good for exhibit B of proof. But such 

 a habit was so startling, so unlike what we should expect of 

 birds extremely specialized for terrestrial life, that I could 

 not be wholly convinced. 



