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Mr. Barrows, writing of N. maculosa as he observed it, says : " This 

 tailless little bird, hardly bigger than Ortyx virginianus, is an abundant 

 resident bird all over the Argentine Republic. The only wonder is that 

 it continues to be as abundant, for it is easily snared in many ways, and 

 is hunted in every possible manner, while, according to the best evidence 

 at hand, it rarely lays more than four eggs in one nest, and only raises 

 one brood in the season. "Near Bahia Blanca, I found a nest containing 

 fresh eggs on the loth of February, but this must have been an unusual 

 case, and probably due to accident. The eggs are laid in make-shift 

 nests on the ground from October to December." (Barrows, Auk, pp. 

 317, 318, 1884.) 



NOTHURA DARWINI Gray. 



Nothura minor, Darw. (nee Spix) Voy. "Beagle," Birds, p. 119 (1841 : 



Bahia Blanca). 



Nothura darwini, Gray, List Gall. Brit. Mus. p. 104 (1867: Bahia 

 Blanca); id. Handb. B. III. p. 5, No. 9905 (1871); Scl. P. Z. S. 

 1872, p. 547, note (Rio Negro); Doering, Expl. al Rio Negro, Zool. 

 Aves, p. 58 (1882: Rios Negro & Colorado) ; Burm. An. Mus. Nac. 

 Buenos Aires, III. Part X. p. 245 (1888: Patagonia); Scl. & Huds. 

 Argent. Orn. II. p. 213, pi. XX (1889) I Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 XXVII. p. 562, pi. XIX (1895); Sharpe, Hand-list B. I. p. 11 

 (1899) ; Gates, Cat. Bds. Eggs, Brit. Mus. I. p. 14 (1901). 

 p g Perdiz chicho, Huds. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 547 (Rio 



Negro). 



Tinamus darwini, Gieb. Thes. Orn. III. p. 636 (1877). 

 Nothura maculosa. Scl. & Huds. (nee Temm.), P. 

 Z. S. 1872, p. 547 (Rio Negro) ; Salvin, Ibis, 

 l8 73. P- 131. note; Durnf. Ibis, 1877, p. 45 

 (Chupat Valley) ; Schl. Mus. Pays Bas, Tinami, 

 p. 44 (1880: Patagonia); Doering. Expl. al Rio 

 Negro, Zool. Aves, p. 58 (1881 : Rio Colorado) ; 

 **'*"* da : wini - Barrows, Auk, I. p. 318 (1884: Bahia Blanca); 



Profile head and neck. ^ ., r . T .J 



% natural size Burm. An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, III. part 



X. p. 245 (1888: N. Patagonia); Frenzel, ]. f. 

 O. 1891, p. 124 (Cordoba). 



