MACACO TINAMOU. 411 



This species inhabits Guiana. The female lays 

 ten or twelve eggs, rather less than those of a 

 Pheasant, and are remarkable for their brilliant 

 lilac hue. 



MACACO TINAMOU. 

 (Tinamus adspersus.) 



. corpore colloque supra Juscescente-rubris , nigro transversim 

 undulatis vertice yksco, gutiure albo, collo subtus pectore 

 ventreque cinerascentibuSf saturatius cinereo nigroque undu- 

 latiSf abdomine albescente. 

 Tinamou with the body and neck above brownish red, trans- 

 versely waved with black ; the crown brown ; the throat 

 white ; the neck beneath, the breast, and belly greyish, un- 

 dulated with black and deep grey j abdomen whitish. 

 Tinamus adspersus. Temm. Gall, Ind. p. 78. ^ 

 Tinamou Macaco. Temm, Pig, et Gall. 3. p. 585. 



This scarce species is thus recorded by Tem^ 

 minck : " About eight inches in length : the top 

 of the head is of a deep brown : the throat whitish, 

 shaded with greyish : the upper part of the neck 

 is of a brownish red, waved with dusky stripes : 

 the anterior part of its base is greyish, waved with 

 dusky : the whole of the upper parts of the body 

 are brown red, transversely, but irregularly waved 

 with narrow black stripes : the wing-coverts and 

 rump are reddish brown, shaded with grey: the 



