204 TROPICAL WILD LIFE IN BlUTLSH GUIANA 



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 FIG. 85. HEAD OF GUIANA GREAT TINAMOU SHOWING 

 PATCHES OF BETE ROUGE 



tliese j^ests. Tliese were larvae of some species of Trombi- 

 dium, probably one of the large members of the subgenus 

 Dinothromhium. 



There were very few mallophaga on the body or wings, 

 but among the chin feathers I found many specimens. These 

 were of two species. One was small and narrow, Lipeurus 

 longipcs, which has been recorded from several other species 

 of these birds, although nothing is known of its relationships. 

 The second mallophaga, which was of large size, broad in 

 proportion, and quite hairy was Gonicxlcs albiccps. This 

 has been found on Tinamus rob list us and T. tao. The genus 

 as a whole has been recorded from gallinaceous birds and 

 from penguins. 



A bird of the year had a feather-fly upon its plumage. 

 This strange, flat insect flew ofl^ several times, but after each 

 excursion returned to the feathers of the dead bird. Failing 

 to catch it, I wrapped the whole bird in a butterfly net, placed 

 it in a chloroform box, and finallv shook the dead flv from 

 the plumage. 



The molt of the tail seemed almost as irregular, as the 

 structure of the feathers is degenerate. The most usual 

 shed(hng of the Ave pairs of rectrices was as follows: .5, 4, 2, 

 3, 1. The molt of the primaries was normal, from the inner 



