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AVES. 



tint one. III. Bill deeper tlian broad ; orbits naked ; and haviug- a short 

 tail. IV. Tail very tihort, hidden by the feathers of the rump ; first quill the 



\l)UgPSt. 



Perdix cinerea.— The Common Partridge. Plate xl. fig. 5. Described, 

 vol. iii. p. 142. 



Gemcs n.—CRYVTO'SYX.—Temminck. 



Generic Character. — Bill short, thick, and compressed ; mandibles of 

 equal length, the upper one straight and a little bent at the tip ; nostrils later- 

 al, and longitudinally cleft, placed near the middle of tlie bill, and covered 

 above by a broad naked membrane ; tarsus long ; feet with three anterior 

 toes, united at the base ; hallux placed high ou the tarsus, and not touching 

 the ground; without a claw ; wings short. 



Cryptonyx coronatus.—T\w. Crowned Cryptonyx. Plate, xxxix**. fig. Z. 

 Dark violet; back and rump dark green; crown white; temples naked; 

 with an upright chestnut-coloured crest extending from the front to the 

 sinciput; base of bill Iiaving six nuchal bristles. Ten inches long. Inhabits 

 Sumatra. 



Genus la— TINAMUS,— iaWinm. 



Generic Character. — Bill slender, slightly concave above, depressed, 

 broader than deep, tip obtuse ; the ridge distinct, forming a large nasal fur- 

 row in the upper mandible; nostrils lateral, ovate, placed in the furrow; 

 lower mandible somewhat arcuated in the centre ; tarsus long, frequently 

 with asperities behind; toes short, entirely divided; hallux very short; 

 tail awanting, or very short ; wings short, fourth, fifth, and sixth quills the 

 longest. 



Tinamus sylvicolus. — The Barred Tinamoo. Plate xl'. fig. 1. Head 

 brownish-ash colour ; back wing-coverts, and tail, barred with waved 

 stripes of black, alternating with dusky-brown and chestnut ; chin and gula 

 gray ; throat, and sides of the neck, as far as the bottom of the gula, bright 

 orange-brown ; epigastrium, abdomen, and crissum, gray, with trans, 

 verse undulated alternating bars of chestnut and black ; upper mandible 

 blue; tarsus dusky iu front, dtill chestnut behind. Nine inches long. Inha- 

 bits Brazil. 



Gemis 19.— HEMIPODIUS.— TewOTznc^-. 



Generic Character. — Bill slender, straight, greatly compressed, having an 

 elevated ridge, and bent towards the tip ; nostrils basal, lateral, and partly 

 closed by a naked membrane ; tarsu.s long ; feet with three anterior toes, 

 and no hallux ; tail with slender feathers, nearly concealed by the coverts 

 above it, first quill the longest. 



Hemipodius tachydrojnus. — The Andalusian Turnix. Plate xl*. fig. 2. 

 Back black, with zigzag black and red stripes ; throat white ; breast red, 

 with yellow bordered feathers, which have a black spot near the point ; 

 crown of the head brown, with three reddiah-yellow longitudinal bands, 

 Six inches long. Inhabits Europe. 



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