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A. Cauda nulla; halluce elongato^ terrce insistente, 

 A, Tail wanting ; the hinder toe elongated, and resting upon 

 the ground. 



RUFESCENT TINAMOU, 

 ( Tinamus rufescens.) 



Ti. corpore supra cinerascente-rufof plumis albo nigroque iranS" 

 versim striatis, margine alarum rufescente-ruhroy regione aU" 

 riiim nigrcby subtus dilute Jlavescente-rufo , Jusco undulato, 

 lateribus abdomineque cinerascentibus. 



^Tinamou with the body above greyish red, transversely striped 

 with black and white 5 the margin of the wings rufous red ; 

 the region of the ears black ; beneath pale yellowish red, 

 waved with brown 3 the sides and abdomen greyish. 



Tinamus rufescens. Temm. Gall. Ind. p. 74 T'. 



Tinamou Guaza. Temm, Pig. et Gall, 3. p, 552,- 



FiJTEEN inches a half in length : the top of 

 the head is spotted with black and bordered with 

 rufous: a dusky spot covers the opening to the 

 ear, and a fine dash the angle of the mouth : 

 the shoulders, the back, the wing-coverts, the 

 rump, and the feathers that hide the latter, are 

 grey, shaded with reddish, and transversely striped 

 with white and black : the quills, the outer border 

 of the wing, and the spurious wing, are rusty red : 

 the throat is white : the neck, the breast, and the 

 belly, are rufous, the last slightly striped trans- 

 versely with fuscous : the abdomen and the sides^ 

 are greyish, varied with stripes of rufous and black 



