458 TINAMID^. 



fulvo, pectore minime schistaceo; hypoclioiidriis imis lateralibus et eubcaudalibus albicantibus, nigro 

 distincte transfasciatis. Long, tota circa 11-0, alae 6'9, caudae 2-0, calm. 1"2, tarsi 1"9. (Descr. maris 

 adulfci ex Tampico. Mus. uostr.) 

 $ mari similis, sed supra fasciis crebrioribus pallidioribus oohraceis, hypochondriis et. abdomine imo nigro 

 distincte fasciatis distinguendus. Long, tota circa 10-5, alae 6-6. (Descr. feminffi adultae ex Tampico. 

 Mus. nostr.) 



Hab. N.E. Mexico, Tampico, Tamaulipas, .Sierra Madre {Richardson i), Alta Mira 

 [Armstrong ^), Hacienda de los Atlixcos, Monte Verde [F. I). G. ^). 



C. mexicanus was described from specimens in our collection. It has a uniformly 

 coloured breast, as in C. houcardi, with a very conspicuous white throat, shaded with 

 grey below, the tint of the breast is ochraceous, and the lower abdomen is white, slightly 

 barred with black, as are also the lower flanks. The upper surface, too, is more 

 distinctly brown than in C. houcardi. 



This species inhabits low scrubby thickets or arid tropical districts, and both it and 

 C. occidentalis may be distinguished from the other Mexican Tinamous by their 

 paler colour ^. 



6. Crypturus inornatns. 



Crypturus inornatus, Nelson, Aut, xvii. pp. 253 ', 254 '. 



C. mea;ieano similis, sed supra saturate mfescenti-brunneus, notaei fasciis hand distincte indicatis ; corpore 



subtus rufescentiore. (Descr. ex script. Nelson.) 

 5 mari similis, sed saturatior, et notseo gastraeoque magis rufescenti-brunneis. 



Hab. S.E. Mexico, Northern Vera Cruz and Puebla, Metlaltoyuca (Nelson^). 



C. inornatus is not represented in our collection, and we are therefore unable to 

 judge of the validity of the species. It is said to be most nearly allied to C. mexicanus, 

 from which the males may be distinguished by their deep reddish-brown colour and 

 the absence of black bars on the wings and fore part of the back and the more rufous 

 underparts; the females are much darker, and are reddish-brown above and below. 

 The darker back and brighter-coloured nape and neck of C. inornatus suffice to 

 distinguish it ^. 



The habitat is said to be the dense, humid, tropical forests of Northern Vera Cruz 

 and the adjacent parts of Puebla. 



Mr. Nelson remarks that the general resemblance of C. mexicanus of Tamaulipas, 

 in Eastern Mexico, to C. occidentalis of Tepic, on the opposite side of the continent, 

 but living in similar climatic conditions, is much greater than that of C. mexicanus to 

 C. inornatus, living in contiguous districts, but with marked climatic differences. 



7. CryptTirus occidentalis. 



^ Nothocercus sallmi (nee Bp.), Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 307'. 



Crypturus occidentalis, Salvad. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxvii. p. 546^ ; Nelson, Auk, xvii. p. 254'. 



C. houcardi similis, sed ubiqne paUidior, supra cinerascens, dorso postico, uropygio et supracaudalibns rufescenti- 



