406 



15. Cauda in Jasciam coarctata, plumis uropygii obtecta ; ^Uke 



brevissimo, in terram non insistente, 

 B. Tail compressed as in a bundle, and covered by the feathers 



of the rump > the hind toe very short, and not resting on the 



ground. 



a. Tarsi postice scabri, corpore pennis geminis. 



Tarsi rough behind j the feathers of the body double. 



GEEAT TINAMOU. 

 (Tinamus Brasiliensis.) 



Ti. corpore supra Jitsco-olivaceo, parum nigra transversim striata, 

 subtus cinerascente'ricfo, vertice rufo, remigibus secundariis 

 rufo nigroque transversim striatis. 



Tinamom with the body above olive-brown^ slightly transversely 

 striated with black j beneath greyish red 5 the crown rufous 5 

 the secondary quills transversely striated with rufous and 

 black. 



Tinamus Brasiliensis. Lath, Ind, Orn, 2. 633. 1. — Temm. GalL 

 Ind, 748. 



Tetrao major. Gmel. Syst, Nat. 1. 767. 63. 

 Perdix major Brasiliensis. Briss, Orn. 1. 227. 5. 

 Macucagua. Raii, Syn, 53. 9. 



Tinamou Magoua. Buff, Ois, 4. 507. 24. — Temm, Pig, et Gal/, 

 3. 562. 



Tinamou de Cayenne. Buff, PL Enl. 4J6. 

 Great Tinamou. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 724. 1. 



Described as follows by Latham : " Size of a 

 fowl : length eighteen inches : beak black : the 

 top of the head is deep rufous : the general colour 

 of the plumage greyish brown, inclining to olive, 

 with a mixture of white on the upper parts of the 



