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TINAMOU. 



The note, or call, of this bird may be heard a great way off, 

 and is a kind of dull whiftle, which it makes exactly at fun-fee. 

 every evening, and at break of day; by the imitating of which 

 the natives decoy the birds within reach of the gun or net. 



CINEREOUS T. 

 Description. 



Place. 



Le Tinamou cendre, Buf oif. iv. p. jio. 



'THI S is only twelve inches in length. The bill is fixteen 

 lines long : the plumage an uniform cinereous brown, ex- 

 cept the head and hind part of the neck, which have a rufous 

 tinge : the fhape of the bird exactly coincides with the former. 



This is found in the fame places as the laft ; but is much lefs 

 common. 



VARIEGATED 

 T. 



Pl. LXV. 



Description. 



Place. 



Le Tinamou varie, Buf oif iv. p. 511. — PI. enl. 828. 

 — — Mem. fur Cay. ii. p. 272. 



T E N G T H eleven inches. Bill one inch and a quarter long, 

 and dufky ; the under mandible yellowifh : the head and 

 upper part of the neck behind are black : the reft of the upper 

 parts tranfverfely barred with reddifn brown and black ; about 

 the eye pale, and not well clothed with feathers : the throat and 

 middle of the belly are white : the neck, breaft, and upper part 

 of the belly, rufous: fides and thighs barred with brown, rufous, 

 and white : quills plain brown : the tail is very little longer than 

 the wings when folded up : the legs dufky. 



This is pretty common at Guiana, but much lefs fo than the 

 firft fpecies. The female lays ten or twelve eggs, of a beautiful 

 lilac-colour, and a trifle lefs than thofe of the Pheafant. 



7 M. Bajon 



