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M. Bajon fays that this fpecies does not rooft in trees ; and 

 differs in that the young run a longer time with the mother. 



Le Soui, Buf. oif. iv. p. 512. j yr^'r p <r> 



■ ou petit Tinamou de Cayenne, PI. enl. 829. 



HP H I S is a fmall fpecies, being no more than nine inches Description. 



Ions;. The bill is three quarters of an inch in length, and 

 yellow : the top of the head and hind part of the neck are black; 

 from thence the reft of the upper parts are brown, with an ob- 

 fcure mixture of dufky : the throat is rufous, mixed with white ; 

 and the reft of the under parts plain rufous : the wing coverts are 

 edged with the fame : the quills plain brown : the tail is ihort, 

 and exceeded in length by the coverts : the legs are dufky 

 yellow. 



This is alfo met with in Guiana, where it is called Perdrix eul Place^ 



rond, from the fhortnefs of its tail. It differs from the others, as 

 it builds the neft in the low forks of trees. It is of an hemifphe- 

 rical fhape ; about fix inches broad, and five deep ; compofed of 

 leaves. Lays from three to fix white eggs, nearly round, and of 

 the fize of thofe of the Pigeon. The flefh is much efteemed. 



Genus 



