TINAMOU. 217 



6— NOCTURNAL TINAMOU. 



Tinamus noctivagus, Maxim. Tr. i. p. 136. 



LENGTH about thirteen inches. Plumage above grey brown ; 

 back rather chestnut brown; crown of the head deep ash-blue, with 

 blackish spots ; lower part of the back and rump reddish, rusty 

 brown : but all these parts striped transversely with dark brown ; 

 throat whitish, lower part of the neck ash-grey ; breast bright, 

 brownish yellow ; belly of a paler colour. 



Inhabits Brazil, and called Juo ; has a kind of deep, loud whistle 

 in three or four notes ; is heard at all hours of the day, and even at 

 midnight, in the immense forests near St. Salvador. The flesh is as 

 well tasted as that of any species of this Genus. 



7— MACACO TINAMOU. 



Tinaruus adspevsus, Tinamou Macaco, Temm. Pig. Sf Gall. 8vo. iii. 582. 



LENGTH eleven inches. Bill one ; irides reddish brown ; 

 plumage above brownish red, undulated across with black ; crown 

 brown ; chin white; neck, breast, and belly, pale ash-colour, with 

 darker waves ; lower belly whitish ; greater wing coverts and second 

 quills brownish ash, marked as the rest of the upper parts ; greater 

 quills plain ; tail feathers brownish, but towards the end crossed with 

 fine, irregular lines; under wing coverts brownish ; under tail coverts 

 yellowish white, marked with lines of black and ferruginous ; legs 

 smooth behind. 



8— OBSOLETE TINAMOU. 



Tinamus obsoletus, Tinamou Apequia, Temm. Pig. Sf Gall. 8vo. ii. p. 588. 

 Ynambu bleuatre, Voy. d'Azara, iv. 152. No. 330. 



LENGTH ten or eleven inches. Bill reddish brown ; irides 

 orange ; plumage above brownish black and rufous, obsoletely 



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