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the south and west. The eggs are polished, but of a greenish tint, and 

 are said to be commonly five or six in number. The flesh is fairly palata- 

 ble. (Barrows, Auk, I, 4, p. 318, 1884.) 



Genus TINAMOTIS Vigors. 



Type. 



Tinamotis, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 79; Salvad. Cat. Birds, 

 Brit. Mus. XXVII. p. 567 (1895); Sharpe, Hand-List 



Bds. I. 12 (1899) T. pentlandi. 



Geographical Range. South America. From the Andes of Peru and 



Ecuador, southward to northern Chile and also northern Patagonia. 



TINAMOTIS INGOUFI Oustalet. 



Tinamotis ingoufi, Oust. Ann. Sc. Nat. Zool. IX. p. 18 (1890: Santa 

 Cruz, Patagonia) ; id. Miss. Sci. Cap Horn, Oiseaux, pp. 105, 106, 

 pi. i (1891); Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. XXVII. p. 569 (1895); 

 Sharpe, Hand-List B. I. p. 12 (1899). 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION. 



Size. (Female type.) Total length, 15.5 inches. 



Wing, 8.0 inches. FlG 



Tail, 2.75 inches. 



Culmen, i.o inch. 



Tarsus, 1.25 inches. 



Color. (Female type.) Upper parts 

 slaty with a buff tinge, each feather having 

 a V-shaped brown mark of varying size, 

 bounded by a narrow creamy buff margin. 



Head : With dusky slate and buffy white 01 

 stripes. Upper part of head dusky slate, ' 

 with a buffy white band on either side join- 



Tinamotis ingoufi. Profile and pat- 



ing on the occiput. tern of marking of head and neck ^ 



Throat : Buffy white, with dusky slate natura i s i ze . 

 spots. 



