BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



Order TINAMIFORMES. 



Family TINAMID^. 



Toe Tinamoiii? are birds of medium size, ranfriug from tho 

 dimensions of a Quail to that of a Guinea-fowl, and more or 

 less like game-birds in appearance, but tliej can always be 



Tina mil a fao Htjiloitriuiuilis. 

 Fi-,'. 1.— To sliowtlu.' clianifUr ol' tlir Kill, uliicli isiirculiar to llir family. 



(iislinguished by their long thin bills, sIkmI tails, and small feet. 

 Their eggs are, moreover, [)ecu]iar by the higbly polished shells. 

 The dislribution of tho family is within the limits of tho 



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