548 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON [June 3, 



PYGOPODES. 



464. Tachybaptus dominicus (Linn.). 



Antioquia. (Mus. S.-G.) 



Iris yellow. 



Egg (no. 125) dirty white: axis 1*2, diam. "9. 



"The nest is placed by the water's edge." — T.K.S. 



CRYPTURI. 



465. Tinamus ruficeps, Scl. & Salv. Nomencl. p. 162. 



Remedios. (Mus. S.-G. Egg Mus. Brit.) 

 Egg nearly round, Sevres-blue: axis 22, diam. 1*9. 

 " No nest is formed, merely a depression amongst dead leaves on 

 the ground at the foot of a large tree in the high forest. The bird 

 does not appear to run from her nest on the approach of a person, 

 but rises on the wing with a loud whirring noise, almost at your feet." 

 —T.K.S. 



466. Nothocercus bonapartii (Gray). 



Concordia, Frontino. (Mus. S.-G.) 



Iris dark. Stomach contained fruit. 



Egg rather elongated, rich dark Sevres-blue : axis 28, diam. 2. 



"This Tinaniou makes a nest of dead leaves on the ground at the 

 foot of a tree ; I have seen one on the top of a broken tree. It has 

 the same habits as Tinamus ruficeps.'" — T. K. S. 



467. Crypturus boucardi, Sclater. 



Neche. (Mus. S.-G.) 



The single specimen is rather more rufous on the cheeks; but 

 there is no difference sufficient to justify separation. The most 

 southern locality hitherto known for this species is Costa Rica ( Caw- - 

 miol, in Mus. S.-G.). 



468. Crypturus pileatus (Bodd.). 



Cauca. (Mus. S.-G.) 



Egg (no. 128) uniform pale chocolate: axis 13, diam. l - 23. 



" Builds a nest of dead leaves on the ground, and lays two eggs." 

 — T. K. S. 



" Strictly speaking this nest has no materials, as it is simply a 

 depression on the ground amongst dead leaves." — T. K. S. 



V. General Conclusions. 



Mr. Salmon's collections, embracing examples of 468 species, 

 although they do not certainly exhaust the rich avifauna of Antio- 

 quia, give us a sufficient basis for the deduction of a few conclusions 

 respecting its general facies, which may be stated as follows:— 



1. The avifauna of Antioquia is, on the whole, most nearly 

 allied to that with which we have become acquainted from the 



