406 ' 
B. Cauda, in J'asciam coarctatd, phmis uropygii obtecta ; pnllice 
brevissitno, in terrani non insistente. 
B. Tail compressed as in a bundle, and covered by the feathers 
of the rump ; the hind toe very short, and not resting on the 
ground. 
a. Tarsi postice scabri, corpore pennis geminis. 
a. Tarsi rough behind j the feathers of the body double. 
GREAT TINAMOU. 
(Tinamus Brasiliensis.) 
Ti. corpore supra Jusco~olivaceo, parum nigro transversim striato, 
subtus cinerascente-rufo , vertice ripfo, remigibus secundariis 
Tujb nigroque transversim slriatis. 
Tinamou with the body above olive-brown, slightly transversely 
striated with black j beneath greyish red the crown rufous j 
the secondary quills transversely striated with rufous and 
black. 
Tinamus Brasiliensis. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 633. 1 . — Temm, Gall. 
Ind. 748. 
Tetrao major. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 767. 63. 
Perdix major Brasiliensis. Briss. Orn. 1. 227. 5. 
Macucagua. Raii. Syn. 53. 9. 
Tinamou Magoua. Buff. Ois. 4. 507. 24. — Temm. Pig. et Gail. 
3. 562. 
Tinamou de Cayenne. Buff. PI. Enl. 476. 
Great Tinamou. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 724. 1. 
Described as follows by Latham : “ Size of a 
fowl : length eighteen inches : beak black : the 
top of the head is deep rufous ; the general colour 
of the plumage greyish brown, inclining to olive, 
with a mixture of white on the upper parts of the 
