TINAMUS. 5 



Tinamus major major Braboiirne & CliuLb, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (S) 

 xii. i\ 579, December 1913. 



"Maam'^(C. A. Llox/d). 



Adult. Olive-brown above with a tinge of chestnut-brown on 

 the middle of the back ; head and nuchal crest deep chestnut ; 

 breast and under surface inclining to white and the veimiculations 

 much finer ; under tail-coverts vary in colour from ferruginous to 

 pale bufi and the brown pJittern varies in extent ; bastard-wing, 

 primary-coverts, and quills dark brown mottled \\ith rufous 

 brown on the outer webs of the secondary quills, the innermost 

 secondaries tinged with olive on the outer webs and at the tips. 



Total length 400 mm., culmon 3J, wing 240, tiiil G9, tarsus 70, 

 middle toe and claw 37. This exam})le was obtained on the 

 Itiiribisi lliver. 



Male and female are similar in plumage. 



Young in doion. Upper surface chestnut varied with paler and 

 darker colours on the various parts ; the forehead is cinnamon with 

 an almost blackish line across the head from eye to eye, which 

 extends backward in a narrow line along the sides of the crown 

 on to the sides of the occiput ; middle of crown darker than the 

 forehead ; a broad whitish l)and from the eye to the sides of the 

 upper hind-neck, which is tinged with cinnamon ; lores darker 

 than the forehead ; behind tlie eye a broad dark chestnut line 

 which covers the ears and extends in a narrow streak to the gape ; 

 a pale buff spot below the eye ; lower back and rump golden 

 yellow with an ochreous line on each side, this line is followed by 

 a much darker brown velvety patch on the sides of tho body, 

 becoming paler on tlie tail ; throat white followed by pale cinna- 

 mon-rufous on the fore-neck and breast ; abdomen inclining 

 to white. — Ituribisi Kiver. 



There are four otlier specimens which are in nestling down and 

 similarly marked, but the characters vary more or less in each 

 individual. 



Two other examples still retain down on tho head, middles of the 

 back, and riimj). Tho wing-feathers are ])artially (]ev(doi)cd, 

 the coverts being grey finely mottl(Ml with minute brown and white 

 sj)ots at tho tips, becoming more ferruginous on th(i outer webs 

 of tho secondary quills ; tail-feathers similar to the secondary 

 quills with rufous spots on the margins ; the under surface, which 

 18 still of a downy ti!xtnr(», has a band of chestnut on tho fore- 

 nock, tlie bns'ist and alulomen grey. — Sujienaam River. 



Anutliri- y(Ming individual, which still wears the down on tli(.' 



