c'RVPTCurs. 11 



buff eelM-iiigs to tlie feather?? and subinargiiial ])bick .--pots ; I'ort'lioud 

 and sides of the face riitlier }»aler ^ve\ than the top of the liead ; 

 throat entirely Avhlte ; !?ides of the breast similar to the bacd< but 

 rather paler ; middle of the breast ochraceous Avith black bars on 

 some of the feathers like the sides of the abdomen ; middle of the 

 abdomen paler and more uniform. 



Breediiui-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



JS'ext. "Nests on the ground'" (Schouilnnyk). 



K(i(jti. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Raiufe in British Gidana. Mount Koraima, ]\razaruni River, 

 Ituribisi E-iver, Supenaam Kiver, Bartica, Kamakabra River, 

 Anariea liiver, Tiger Creek, Essequebo, Great Fulls, Demerara 

 River [McConnell coUeclioti). 



Extralimital Range. Venezuela, Brazil, Cayenne, and Surinam. 



Habits. According to Schomburgk (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 748) this 

 s])ecies also nests on the ground and feeds on fruit and insects. 

 Its whistling call is often heard during the night. The " VVarraus" 

 call it lJub(juatiinio. 



G. Crypturus dis3imilis. 



SaLVADOKi's TlNAMOU. 



(Plate II. fig. 1.) 



Cn/pfvriis (Jfus/mil/s Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvii. p. o-tl, ISO.' 

 (Quoiiga River) ; l^rabourne tt Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. o, no. -l^, 

 1912;"iid. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) xiv. p. 320, October 19U. 



C,-//pfi/n(s noc1iv(i(jns Cab. (nee Wied) in Scliomb. Reis. Guian. iii. 

 p. 748, 1848. 



Adult male. ( 'innamon-brown above varietl with dark narrow 

 edgings to the feathers on the rum{) ; npper tail-coverts birred 

 with olive and black and edged with buff nt the tips ; upper 

 wing-coverts ])aler than tlie back and inclining- to grey, tlie 

 outer greater coverts dark brown on the outer wel)S and grey on 

 the inner ones ; the inner major coverts for the most part olive 

 with traces of dark cross-bars; bastard-wing, jtrimary-coverts, and 

 (juills blackish, some of the innermost .secondaiies mottled with 

 olive-brown ; fore part of head blackish ; nape and hind-neck 

 rufou.s ; superciliary lino and sides of face pale niCous ; tinoat 

 white washed with rufous ; fore-neck, chest, and sides of l)reast 

 grey ; breast and sides of alidonien dull ridous Ijccoming paler 



