TINAMID.E. STRUTHIONHXflE. 469 



Genus NOTHURA. 



1312. Nothura maculosa, Temm. Spotted Tinamou. 

 Hob. Buenos Ayres. 



a, b. Eeceived in exchange, Aug. 8, 1873. 

 c, d. Purchased, Oct. 21, 1873. 

 e-g. Purchased, July 17, 1875. 

 Ti-p. Purchased, July 29, 1878. 



Order STRUTHIONES *. 

 Family STRUTHIONID^E. 



Genus STRUTHIO. 



1313. Struthio camelus, Linn. Ostrich. 

 Hob. Africa. 



a. Male. Presented by Her Majesty the Queen, April 4, 



1850. From Morocco. 



b. Female. Presented by Her Majesty the Queen, Feb. 8, 



1859. From Morocco. 



c. d. Young. Presented by E. Hertslet, Esq., Oct. 10, 1863. 

 e. Male. Purchased, Aug. 19, 1865. 



/. Purchased, May 8, 1868. 

 g. Male. Purchased, May 1, 1869. 

 ft, i. Deposited, July 5, 1872. 

 /. Female. Received in exchange, Oct. 19, 1877. 

 Tc. Male ; 1. Female. Presented by the Hon. H. C. Vivian, 

 H.B.M. Consul-General, Cairo, Sept. 19, 1878. 



Genus RHEA. 



1314. Rhea americana,Viei\\. Common Rhea. (Fig. 46, p. 470.) 

 Hab. South America. 



a. Male ; b. Female. Purchased, Dec, 5, 1860. 



c. Young. Hybrid between this species and Rhea macro- 



rliyncha, Sclater. Bred in the Gardens, 1862. 



d. Bred in the Gardens, Aug. 14, 1863. 



0, /. Presented by A. Brenner, Esq., July 18, 1864. 



* For notes on the method of incubation of the Struthiones see 

 P. Z. S. 1863, p. 233. On the Struthious Birds of the Society's 

 Menagerie generally, see Sclater, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 247, and Trans, 

 Zool. Soc. vol. iv. p. 353. 



