XOTUOPROCTA. XOTHCRA. 13 



Genus NOTHOPROCTA, Scl. $ Salv. 



The eggs of the Tinamous of this genus are biconical in shape. 

 They are usually of a very dark purplish-brown or deep liver- 

 colour. Some are paler and tinged with a reddish hue. 



Nothoprocta perdicaria (Kittl.). 

 (Plate I. fig. 3.) 



Nothoprocta perdicaria, James, New List of Chilian Birds, p. 14 (1892) ; 

 Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p.' 553 (1895) ; Lane, Ibis, 1897, 

 p. 314 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 11 (1899). 



The eggs of the Chilian Tinamou vary from 1-8 to 2'1 in length, 

 and from 1'33 to 1'5 in breadth. 



18. Central Chili, Sept. Berkeley James Coll. 



5. Chili. Berkeley James Coll. 



3. Chili. E. C. Reed, Esq. [PJ. 



2. Of uncertain origin. H. F. Walker, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Of uncertain origin. Capt. Kellett & Lieut. Wood [P.]. 

 1. Of uncertain origin (A. D. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Bartlett}. 



Nothoprocta curvirostris, Scl. $ 



Nothoprocta curvirostris, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 556 

 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-L i. p. 11 (1899). 



The eggs of the Curved-bill Tinamou are much paler than those 

 of N. perdicaria and have a decided reddish tinge. The two 

 specimens in the Collection measure respectively : 2' 13 by 1*47 

 2-07 by 1-47. 



2. Pessucho, Ecuador, March Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(L.Fraser). 



Genus NOTHURA, Wagler. 



The eggs of the two species of Notliura represented in the 

 Collection resemble those of Nothoprocta perdicaria very closely, 

 being of a dark purplish-brown or deep liver-colour. 



Nothura maculosa (Ternm.). 



Crypturus maculosus, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vb'g. p. 26, tab. v. fig. 11 



(1845-54). 

 Nothura maculosa, Gibson, Ibis, 1880, p. 168 ; Scl. fy Huds Argent 



Orn. ii. p. 211 (1889); Holland, Ibis, 1892, p. 214; Aplin, Ibis, 



1894, p. 214 ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 559 (1895) 



Sharpe, Hand-l i. p. 11 (1899). 



The eggs of the Spotted Tinamou vary from 1%55 to 1-85 in 

 length, and from 1-15 to 1'35 in breadth. 



3. Brazil. Salvin-Godman Coll, 

 7. Uruguay. O. V. Aplin, Esq. [P.J. 



5. Argentine Republic, Oct. A. H. Holland, Esq. [C.]. 



1. Of uncertain origin. Old Collection. 



