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TINAMUS. TINAMOU. 



Generic Character, 



Rostrum graeile, rectum, de- 

 pressum, latius quam al- 

 tum, apice rotundato, ob- 

 tuso 5 culmine lato^ versus 

 apicem declivi. 



Ndres laterales, medi9e,ovatae, 

 patulas, apertas. 



Pedes tetradactylij fissi, pol- 

 liee brevissimo,^ insistente. 



Cauda nulla, aut brevissima 

 plumis uropygii obtecta. 



Alee breves. 



Beak slender, straight, de- 

 pressed, broader than high, 

 the tip rounded and obtuse; 

 the ridge broad and b^t 

 down towards the tip. 



iVo^^HZ^ lateral, medial, ovate^ 

 expanded, and open. 



Feet four-toed, cleft, the hind 

 toe extremely short. 



Tail none, or very short, and 

 covered by the feathers of 

 the rump. 



Wings short.. 



TiNAMus . Latham J Temnii 

 Crypturus. Illiger,. 

 Cryptura. Vieillot. 

 Tetrad, Gmel, 

 Perdix. Briss. 



This genus was first established by Latham, who 

 describes four species : since his time, however, 

 the discoveries of d'Azara and Temminck have 

 increased the species to twelve : they are all natives 

 y. XT. p. 11^ 27 



