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insects; their flesh is good. In size they vary 

 from that of the pheasant to that of the quail, and 

 less. 



Some of them (Pezus, of Spix.) have indeed a 

 little tail, hidden under the feathers of the rump. 



Great Tinamou. Lath. Tet. Major, Gm. or Tin. 

 Braziliensis, Lath, or Tin. Magoua, Tern. Buff. 

 Enl. 476 ; and much better, Hist, des Oiseaux, IV. 

 in 4°, pi. 24. Pezus Serratus. Spix. t. 76. 



Deep olive, slightly and narrowly banded with black ; 

 beneath, pale reddish,-ash ; crown, red ; secondaries, 

 red and black, cross streaked ; wings, beneath, white. 

 Guiana and Brazils. Length, fifteen inches. The 

 Cryptura Magoua, Vieil. 



Cinereous Tinamou. Lath. Tet. Cinereus. Gmel. 



Brownish-ash ; crown and neck, reddish. Guiana and 

 Brazils. Length, twelve inches. 



Variegated Tinamou. Lath. Tet. Variegatus. Enl. 

 328. 



Upper part of body and sides, brown, red scaled ; 

 crown and nape, blackish ; neck and chest, red ; 

 throat and belly, reddish- white ; bill, long ; tail, very 

 short. 



Undulated Tinamou. Lath. H. Tinamus Undu- 

 latus, Tem. or Cryptura Guhercola. Vieil. Gal. 

 t. 216, differ very little from last. 



Body above, neck, and sides of chest, blackish- 

 brown, red banded; beneath, whitish-yellow; wing- 

 coverts, very large; quill, chestnut. Paraguay. 

 Length, twelve inches. The Ynambu Raye. Azara. 

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