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TINAMID.E. 



Crypturus pileatus (Bodd.). 



Crypturus sovi, Thien. Fortjjftanz. ges. Vog. p. 25, tab. v. fig. 9 (1845-54). 

 Tinamus meserythrus, Salvin, Ibis, 1861, p. 356. 



Crypturus pileatus, Scl. ^ Sain. P Z. S. 1879, p. 548; Salvadori, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 522 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 9 (1899). 



The eggs of the Little Tinamou are of a reddish clay-colour ; 

 those in the Collection measure respectively: 1'6 by 121; 1'64 

 by 1-3; 1-67 by 1-24. 



1. Lion Hill, Panama (McLeannan). Salvin-Godman Cull. 



1. Choctum, Guatemala (O. Salvin). Salvin-'Todmiin Coll. 



1. EemedioR, Antioquia, U.S. of Salvin-Godman Cull. 

 Colombia (T. K. Salmon). 



Crypturus cinnamomeus {Less.). 

 (Plato I. fig. 2.) 



Tinamus sallsei, Nehrh. J.f. O. 1881, p. 69. 



Crypturus cinnamomeus, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 641 (1895) ; 

 Sharpe, Rand-l. i. p. 10 (1899). 



The eggs of Salle's Tinamou in the Collection are of a pinkish 

 stone-colour, and measure respectively: 1"85 by 1"43; 1'73 by 1*45 ; 

 1-7 by 1-43. 



1. Yucatan (GaMmer). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Of uncertain origin. Old Collection. 



Genas EHYNCHOTUS, Spiso. 



In this genus the eggs are normally biconical in shape, occasionally 

 elliptical. They are of a reddish-purple or purplish-brown colour. 



Ehynchotus rufescens {Temm.). 



Crypturus rufescens, Thien. FortpAanz. ges. Vog. p. 24, tab. v. fig. 5 

 (1845-54). 



Eliynchotus rufescens, Bartlett, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 114, pi. xii. fig. 2 ; Hud- 

 son, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 546 ; Scl. ^ Huds. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 209 (1889) ; 

 Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 548 (1895J; Blaauw, Ibis, 

 1896, p. 487; Sharpe, Handrl. i. p. 10 (1899). 



The eggs of the Eufous Tina,mou range from 2-3 to 2'6 in length, 

 and from 1'57 to 1'8 in breadth. 



1. Laid in confinement (Zool. Zool. Society. 



Gardens, London). 



1. Buenos Ayres. W. H. Hudson, Esq. [P.]. 



10. Argentine Republic. D. A. Shennan, Esq. [P.]. 



4. Argentine Republic, Nov. A. H. Holland, Esq. [C.J. 



1. Brazil {Christy). Salvin-Godman Coll, 



