16 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



8. Crypturus simplex. 

 Modest Tinamou. 



(Piute II. fio-. 2.) 



Crypiunis simphx Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvii. p. 531, 1895 



(liupuruni Kiver). 

 Crypturus adsp)ersus (nee Temm.), Bra bourne & Chubb, B. S. America, 



i. p. 4. no. 29 part, 1912. 

 Cryj)turus adsp)ersus simplex Brabourne & Chubb, Ann. & Mag. Nat. 



Hist. (8) xiv. p. 319, October 1914. 



Adult, Nape, bind-neck, and back cinnamon-brown minutely 

 freckled with black, becoming })aler on the upper wing-coverts, 

 outer webs o£ the secondary quills, upper tail-coverts, and tips o£ 

 tail-feathers ; bastard-wing, primary -coverts, and quills pale 

 brown ; fore part of head greyish brown ; sides of face and throat 

 ash-grey, paler on the throat and darker on the ear-coverts ; fore- 

 neck and sides of breast pale grey with almost obsolete minute 

 black fi-ecklingf), becoming uniform dull white on the middle of 

 the breast and abdomen ; lower flanks and thighs isaljelline, with 

 dark brown wavy cross-bars ; under tail-coverts fulvous coarsely 

 marked with black ; marginal under wing-coverts dark brown, the 

 inner ones, greater series, and quill-lining pale a»h-grey, the last 

 pale brown along the shafts. 



Total length 335 mm., culmen 30, wing 182, tail 53, tarsus 50, 

 middle toe and claw 35. 



The bird described above was collected by Mr. McConnell during 

 his expedition to the Great Savannas in 1894. 



The male and female are similar in colour of plumage, but the 

 female is rather larger in size. 



Breeding-season. Unknown. 



Nest. Unrecorded. 



Eggs. Undescribed. 



Range confined to British Guiana. Great Savannas, Supenaam 

 River {McConnell collection) ; Rupuruni River ( \\ lately). 



Order GALLIFORMES. 

 Family CRACID^. 



The Cracidfo or Curassows are large birds ranging in size from 

 the Capercailie to a small fowl. They are only known to occur 

 in Central and South America and are represented in British 

 Guiana by six genera and nine species. 



