CHAPTKK VIII. 



A LIST OF BIRDS Or THE BARTICA DISTRICT. 



A coiiipilatioii of tlie list of the Tropiciil Kcsearcli 

 Station of the Zoological Society and the Whitely list re- 

 veals a total of three hundred and fifty-one species. Those 

 marked with a star are new to the Colony of British (iuiana. 

 The numbers are those of the birds of South America by 

 Brabourne and Chubb: 



TINAMIFORMES 



10 Guiana Great Tinamou TIikiihu^ major (Gmel.) 



22 Pileated Tinamou Crypturus soui soui (Hennann) 



37 Variegated Tinamou Crypturus varieyatus (Gmel.) 



GALLIFORMES 



74 Crested Curassow Crux alector Linn. 



93 Lesser Olive Guan Penelope marail (Gmel.) 



94 Greater Blue Guan Penelope yranti Berlepsch. 



101 Little Chachalaea Ortalis motmot (Linn.) 



130 Guiana Partridge Odontophorus yuianensis (Gmel.) 



COLUMBIFORMES 



1 i9 Splendid Pigeon Columba speciosa Gmel. 



152 Rufous Pigeon Columba rufina ruflna Temm. & Knip 



156* Plumbeous Pigeon Columba plumbea plumbea Vieill. 



161 Purple-tinted Pigeon Columba purpureotincta Ridg. 



175 Larger Grey Ground DoveChaemepelia pusserinu yriseola Spix. 



179 Talpacoti Ground Dove Chaemepelia talpacoti (Temm. & Knip) 



191 Grey-fronted Dove Leptoptila rufaxilla rufaxilla (Rich.&Bern.) 



204 Red Mountain Dove Oeotrygon montana (Linn.) 



RALLIFORMES 



230 Cayenne Wood Rail Jratnides cajanea (P. L. S. Miill.) 



239 White-necked Crake Porzana albicolUs Vieill. 



251 Cayenne Crake Creciscus viridis (P. L. S. Miill.) 



