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BWARF TINAMOU. 
(Tiiiamus nanus.) 
Ti. corpore colloque supra rufo, albo nigroque variegatisf suhtus 
albulo, pectore hngitudinaliter, lateribus iransversim rufo et 
nigricante striatis, fronte cervice temporibusque rifescentibus 
nigro-punctatis. 
Tinamou with the body and neck above rufous, variegated with 
white and black ; beneath whitish ; the breast longitudinally, 
and the sides transversely, striated with rufous and dusky 5 ^ 
the forehead, nape, and temples, reddish, spotted with black. 
Tinamus nanus. Temm. Gall, Ind. p. 753. 
Tinamou carapc. Temm, Pig. et Gall. 3. 600 . 
This species is described by D’Azara nearly as 
follows : length six inches : the under parts of the 
body are whitish ; the fore-part of the neck being 
marked with long reddish spots, and the sides of 
the body being transversely striped with black and 
reddish white : the forehead, the sides, and the 
hinder part of the head, are bright red, spotted 
with dusky : the feathers on the top of the head 
are dusky, obsoletely spotted and edged with dirty 
white : those of the top of the neck and the ramp 
are varied with red, white, and black, the former 
being also spotted with white : the quills and outer 
coverts of the wings are transversely striped with 
black and reddish, and spotted with white : the 
tarsi are bright olive : the upper mandible of the 
beak is brown, and the lower whitish. 
This bird inhabits the Helds of Paraguay, fre- 
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