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TINAMID,T<;. 



Crypturus pileatus (Bodd.). 



Crypturus sovi, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 25, tab. v. fig-. 9 (1845-54). 

 Tinamus meserythrus, Salvin, Ibis, 1861, p. 356. 



Crypturus pileatus, Scl. $ Sain. P Z. S. 1879, p. 548; Salvadori, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 522 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 9 (1899),. - 



The eggs of the Little Tinamou are of a reddish clay-colour ; 

 those in the Collection measure respectively : 1-6 by 1-21 ; 1*64 

 by 1-3; 1-67 by 1-24. 



1. Lion Hill, Panama (McLeannan). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Choctum, Guatemala (O. Salvin}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Remedies, Antioquw, U.S. of Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Colombia (T. K. Salmon). 



Crypturus cinnamomeus (Less.). 

 (Plato I. fig. 2.) 



Tinamus sallsei, Nehrk. J.f. O. 1881, p. 69. 



Crypturus cinnamomeus, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 541 (1895) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 10 (1899). 



The eggs of Salle's Tinamou in the Collection are of a pinkish 

 stone-colour, and measure respectively: 1*85 by 1'43; 1'73 by 1-45; 

 1-7 by 1-43. 



1. Yucatan (Gaumer). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Of uncertain origin. Old Collection. 



Genus RHYNCHOTUS, Spix. 



In this genus the eggs are normally biconical in shape, occasionally 

 elliptical. They are of a reddish-purple or purplish-brown colour. 



Khynchotus rufescens (Temm.). 



Crypturus rufescens, Thien. Fortpftanz. ges. Vog. p. 24, tab. v. fig. 5 

 (1845-54). 



Khynchotus rufescens, Bartktt, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 114, pi. xii. fig. 2 ; Hud- 

 son, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 546 ; Scl. fy Huds. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 209 (1889) ; 

 Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 548 (1895); Blaauw, Ibis, 

 1895, p. 487; Sharpe, Hand-l. \. p. 10 (1899). 



The eggs of the Rufous Tinamou range from 2'3 to 2'6 in length, 

 and from. 1*57 to 1*8 in breadth. 



1. Laid in confinement (Zool. Zool. Society. 



Gardens, London). 



1. Buenos Ayres. W. H. Hudson, Esq. [P.]. 



10. Argentine Republic. D. A. Shennan, Esq. [P.]. 



4. Argentine Republic, Nov. A. H. Holland, Esq. [_C.j. 



1. Brazil (Christy). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



