AVES TOtAUWM. 17 



Genus RHYNCHOTUS Spix. 



Type. 



Rhynchotus, Spix, Aves. Bras. ii. p. 60 (1825) ; Salvadori, 

 Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. XXVII. p. 547 (1895); Sharpe, 

 Hand-List Bds. I. p. 10 (1899) R. rufescens. 



Nothums, Sw. Class. B. ii. p. 345 (1837) R. rufescens. 



Rhynchotis, Rchnb. Syn. Av. Gallinaceae, t. 287. ff. 1579-80 



(1848) (= Rhynchotus'] . 

 Geographical Range. South America, east of the Andes, from Brazil 



and Bolivia to the Argentine Republic. 







RHYNCHOTUS RUFESCENS (Temminck). 



Inambu-giiazu, Azara, Apunt. III. p. 34 (1805). 



Tinamus rufescens, Temm. Pig. et Gallin. III. p. 747 (1815); id. PL 

 Col. pi. 412 (1826). 



Cryptura guazu, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. XXXIV. p. 103 (1819: ex 

 Azara). 



Tinamus guazu, Vieill. Enc. Meth. I. p. 370 (1820). 



Crypturus rufescens, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 67 (1823); Darw. Voy. 

 "Beagle," Birds p. 120 (1841). 



Rhynchotus fasciatus, Spix, Av. Bras. II. p. 60 tab. 76 a (1825). 



Rhynchotus rufescens, Wagl. Syst. Av. Rhynchotus sp. I. p. 302 (1827); 

 Gray, Gen. B. III. p. 525 (1844); Hartl. Ind. Azara. p. 21 (1847); 

 Burm. J. f. O. 1858, p. 161 (Mendoza), 1860, p. 259; id. La Plata 

 Reise, II. p. 498 (1861 : Parana; Rosaria; Tucuman ; Banda Orien- 

 tal); Gray, List Gall. Brit. Mus. p. 102 (1867: Maldonado); Sperl- 

 ing, Ibis, 1872, p. 77 (St. Lucia river, Rio de la Plata); Huds. & 

 Scl. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 516 (Buenos Ayres); Scl. Ibis, 1873, p. 131 

 note; id. & Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 153 (1873); Durnf. Ibis, 

 1876, p. 1 66 (Chirilcay, abundant), 1877, p. 203 (Buenos Ayres); 

 Nathus. J. f. O. 1879, p. 258 (egg); Gibson, Ibis, 1880, p. 167; 

 Doering, Expl. al Rio Negro, Zool. Aves p. 57 (1881 : Carhue); 

 Barrows, Auk, I. p. 317 (1884: Entre Rios); Withington, Ibis, 1888, 

 p. 473 (Lomas de Zamora); Burm. An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, III. 

 Part X. p. 245 (1888: Bahia Blanca); Scl. & Huds. Argent. Orn. 

 II. p. 209 (1889); Evans, Ibis, 1891, p. 83 (incubation); Frenzel, J. 

 f. O. 1891, p. 123 (Cordoba); Graham Kerr, Ibis, 1892, p. 151 



