454 TINAMID.E. 



Crypturm modestus, Cab. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 212 "; v. Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 374 ". 

 Crypturus soui modestus, Bangs, Pr. New Engl. Zool. Club, ii. p. 14 " ; Auk, 1901, pp. 25 ", 

 356 ". 



Supra sordide mfescenti-brunneus, plumis singulia sub certa luce fusco indistincte niarginatis ; tectricibus 

 alarum dorso concoloribus, extimis saturate cinerascenti-brunneis, majoribus et secundariis intimis rufo 

 marginatis et tenninatis ; remigibus saturate cinerascenti-brunneis ; rectricibos celatis cinerascenti- 

 brunneis rufo marginatis et terminatis ; pileo et nucba sordide cinerascentibus ; fronte, loris et facie lateral! 

 potius schistaceis ; gutture albicante, vix rufo lavato ; corpore reliquo subtus castaneo, abdomine imo et 

 subcaudalibus cinnamomeo-fulvis ; gutture imo et praepectore snmmo et corporis lateiibus cinerascenti- 

 brunneis, rufo adumbratis ; subalaribus et axillaribus cinerascenti-brunneis, margine alari et tectricibus 

 subalaribus juxta positis saturatioribus ; tectricibus majoribus et remigibus intus elarius cineraceis : 

 maxilla brunnea, mandibula grisea ; pedibus olivaceo-griseis ; iride pallide grisea. Long, tota circa 9*0, 

 alee 5"45, caudas 1"7, culm. 0-9, tarsi 1-5. (Descr. feminsB adultae, exempL typ. T. meseryikri, ex Playa 

 Vicente. Mus. nostr.) 



Jtiv. Chocolatino-brunneus, dorso postico, uropygio et supracaudalibus rufescentioribus, his anguste cinnamomeo- 

 rufo limbatis ; alis sepiariis, tectricibus interioribus dorso concoloribus, majoribns arenario marginatis, his 

 et secundariis intimis minutissime irroratis; pileo fuscescenti-plnmbeo-brunneo, pUei lateribus et facie 

 lateraU magis schistaceis ; gula alba ; corpore reliquo ochraceo-cervino ; gutture imo, praepectore et 

 corporis lateribus sordide chocolatinis, illis schistaceo vix adumbratis ; tibiis et hypochondriis imis brunneisj 

 ochraceo lavatis et ochraceo-cervino marginatis, quasi fasciatis ; subcaudalibns laste castaneis ; subalaribus 

 et alis intus cinerascentibus. Long, tota circa 7'5, alse 4-9. (Descr. feminse junioris ex Biballa. Mus. 

 nostr.) 



Hab. Mexico s, Playa Vicente {Boucard i ^) ; Guatemala, Choctum {0. S.^ ^); Nicaragua, 

 Escondido Eiver {Richmond''^), San Emilio, Santo Domingo, Chontales^ {Richard- 

 son) ; CosTA Eica {v. Frantzius i" ^^), Las Trojas, Pozo Azul de Pirns, Naranjo de 

 Cartago, Jimenez {Zeledon ^ Underwood), La Palma, Gulf of Nicoya {Nutting ^) ; 

 Panama, Lion Hill {M'Leannan ^ ^ » 9, Brown ^^), Divala, Chiriqui {Arce^, Brown i*), 

 Santa Fe^ Chitra^, Chepo^ {Arce), San Miguel L {Brown ^^). — Colombia, Cauca 

 Valley {Salmon). 



In the ' Catalogue of Birds,' Count Salvadori has given the range of C. pileatus as 

 extending from Guiana to Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Central 

 America to Mexico ^. From an examination of the series in our collection, however, 

 we cannot follow our distinguished colleague in this identification, and we contend 

 that there are at least three species within the area which he has apportioned to one 

 form. 



The true C. pileatus should bear the name of C. soui (Hermann), which takes 

 precedence over that of C. pileatus (Bodd.) \cf. Eichmond, Auk, 1900, p. 1791. 

 The Guiana species is of a vinous-chestnut tint above, with the sides of the body 

 similarly coloured ; the lower breast and abdomen are cinnamon, and the lower part 

 of the throat and front of the neck are not shaded with ashy-brown. Length about 9-0 

 wing 5-25, tail 1-3, culmen 09, tarsus 1*4. These are the characters of C. soui, as 

 shown in a female specimen from Bartica Grove, procured by the late Henry Whitely 

 on the 24th of January, 1880. We also have the true C. soui from the Sierra Nevada 

 of Saata Marta, where an example was obtained by Mr. F. Simons at Pueblo Viejo. 



