CRYPTURUS. 9 



the face and throat ; the featliers on the breast and sides of the 

 body have paler edges, which impart a scaUoped appearance ; 

 thighs and crissum dusky grey with pale bnff bars and mottlings 

 on the feathers ; under tail-coverts sooty-black barred with p;ile 

 butT ; under wing-coverts dark brown, the larger series and quill- 

 lining dusky grey. 



Total length 280 mm., culmeu 28, wing 185, tail 50, tarsus 55, 

 middle toe and claw 44. 



The bird described above was collected at Bartica in 1911. 



Male and female are similar in colour of plumage. 



jBreedi/iff-season. Unrecorded. 



JS^est. Unknown. 



Eggs. Undescribed. 



Range in British Guiana. Ituribisi River, Bartica, Kamakabra 

 River, Bonasika River, Abary River (McConnell collection). 



Extralimital Range. Surinam. 



This bird appears to be restricted to the lowlands of British 

 Guiana and we include Surinam, from the fact that there is au 

 example of this species in the Rothschild Museum at Tring from 

 the Dutch Colony. 



Habits. Not known in British Guiana. 



4. Crypturus cinereus. 



Cinereous Tinamou. 



(Plate I. fig. 2.) 



Crypturus cinereus (Grinel.), Syst. Nat. i. p. 7GS, 17S9 (Cayenne); 

 Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvii. p. 517, 1895 (Takutu River) ; 

 Brabourne & Chubb, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) xiv. p. 311), 

 October 1914. 



Adult male. General colour above and below uniform cinnamon- 

 brown, much paler on the head, hind-neck, and throat. 



Total length 275 mm., culmen 28, wing 170, tail 57, tarsus 51, 

 middle toe and claw 38. 



Adult female. Similar to the adult male. "Eye liglit hazel; 

 legs and toes yellowish brown : claws horn " (//. Whit el g). 



Total length 2(18 mm., culmen iio, wing 183, tail 50, tarsus 53, 

 mil bile toe and claw 40. 



Mr. McCoiincll never met with this species in the Colony, and 

 the only record of its occurrence is that mentioned by Count 

 Sahadori (Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvii. p. 517), which was collected 

 by the late Henry VVhilcly on the Takulu liivcr in the extreme 

 west portion of BritL-sh Guiana. 



