THE BIRDS OF SOUTH AMERICA. 



Sub-Class PAL.EOGNATILE. 

 Order EHEIFORMES. 



Family EHEID^l. 

 1. RHEA, Briss., 1760. 



1. americana (Linn.), Syst. Nat. i. p. 155, 1758 



("Sergipe"). 

 [macrorhyncha, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 207.] 

 American Rhea : Great-billed Rhea. Ema. 



2. rothSChildi, Brabourne & Chubb, Ann. & Mag. 



Nat. Hist. (8) viii. p. 273, 1911 (Yngkses, 

 Ajd, Buenos Ay res), 

 [americana, auctorum (nee Linnaeus).] 



Rothschild's Rhea : Common Rhea. Avestruz : 

 Nandu : Chucke\ 



3. pennata, d'Orb., Voy. Ame>. Merid. Itin. ii. 



p. 67 note, 1834 (Patagonia), 

 [darwini, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 35.] 



Darwin's Rhea. Avestruz petise : Mold Chucks. 



North-east Brazil. 



South Brazil : Uruguay : 

 Argentina : Patagonia. 



Patagonia : Argentina : 

 Chile : South and West 

 Peru : Bolivia. 



Sub-Class NEOGNATHiE. 



Order TIN AMIFORMES. 



•Family TINAMID^l. 

 2. TINAMTJS, Hermann, 1783. 



4. tao (Temm.), Pig. et Gall. iii. pp. 569, 749, 1815 Amazonia: Guiana: Vene- 



(" Para, Brhil ")■ zuela : Colombia : Peru : 



Great Blue Tinamou. Macucu. Bolma. 



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