MACACO TINAMOU. 
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This species inhabits Guiana. The female lays 
ten or twelve eggs, rather less than those of a 
Pheasant, and are remarkable for their brilliant 
lilac hue. 
MACACO TINAMOU. 
(Tinamus adspersus.) 
Ti. corpore collogue supra Juscescente-ruhris , nigro transversim 
undulatis vertice J^usco, gutture albo, collo subtus pectore 
ventregue cinerascentibus, saturatius cinereo nigrogue undio- 
latis, abdoinine albescente. 
Tinamou with the body and neck above brownish red, trans= 
versely waved with black ; the crown brown ; the throat 
white ; the neck beneath, the breast, and belly greyish, un- 
dulated with black and deep grey 5 abdomen whitish. 
Tinamus adspersus. Temm. Gall. Ind. p. 78 . t 
Tinamou Macaco. Temm, Pig. et Gall. 3. p. 585. 
This scarce species is thus recorded by Tem- 
minck : “ About eight inches in length : the top 
of the head is of a deep brown : the throat whitish, 
shaded with greyish : tlie upper part of the neck 
is of a brownish red, waved with dusky stripes : 
the anterior part of its base is greyish, waved with 
dusky : the whole of the upper parts of the body 
are brown red, transversely, but irregularly waved 
with narrow black stripes : the wing-coverts and 
rump are reddish brown, shaded with grey: the 
