362 A YEAR IN BRAZIL. 



Cariama cristafa, Linn., Cariamidce. Rhea Americana, Burm. 

 and Prince Max. ; Dicolophus cristatus, Illig. ; Palamedea cristata, 

 Captain Burton ; Cariama, Ceriema, Prince Max. ; Nhambu guassii, 

 Marcg. ; Emu, Burm. ; Siriema, Minas Geraes. I have often 

 mentioned this bird. 



Captain Burton says, " It is about the size of a small turkey, 

 for which it is often mistaken ; it runs like a young ostrich ; it 

 generally goes in pairs ; and it builds in low trees. Its ' bell- 

 note ' is not unpleasant, and it is easily tamed." I have seen 

 it in some of the lovely private gardens at Botafogo, Rio de 

 Janeiro. 



Crypturus tataupa, Temm., TinamiicB. Inambu, Prince Max. ; 

 Ampmering, Botocudo ; Injambu, Burm. ; Nhambu, Minas Geraes. 

 Very good to eat, somewhat resembling black game. 



I also observed the following birds, of which I have, unfor- 

 tunately, no record but their native names, so, of course, cannot 

 determine them. Tordilho, a bird like a thrush. Alma de gato 

 (cat's soul), a large reddish-brown bird. Captain Burton says it is 

 a species of Coprophagus (?). Tico tico rei, cabe^a vermelho 

 (red head), gallo campino. Also several canaries (FringilUdcR). 

 I was particularly struck by the song of a bird which I could 

 never gain a sight of when singing, and my men had no name 

 for it. It was plentiful in the virgin forest near the Serra do 

 Cortume (about 3400 feet), and in full song only in the spring 

 (October). The notes are as nearly as possible as follows : — 



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M. Liais * says of the birds of Brazil, " Besides the genus 

 Rhea, characteristic of American ornithological fauna, to which 

 belong species of the ancient times, there are two very remarkable 

 and quite special genera : the genus Cariama {Dicholophits, Illiger ; 

 Microdactylus, Geoffroy), the Seriema of Brazil; and the genus 

 Tinamou {Tinamus, Lath.; Crypturus, 111.), Nhambu of Brazil. 

 These each furnished a species in the quaternary epoch. . . . The 

 * "Climats, Faune," etc., pp. 302, 303. 



