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length : the whole of the plumage is of an uniform 

 grey-brown, shaded on the head and hinder part 

 of the neck with reddish : the upper mandible of 

 the beak is dusky, and the under dirty white : the 

 feet are grey-brown : the tail is very short, and 

 entirely hidden by its upper coverts. It is a 

 native of Brazil and Guiana, but is very rare. 



APEQUIA TINAM0U» 



(Tinamus obsoletus.) 



Tv, corporis supra Jiiscescente-nigro, rufoque lemter nebulosOy 

 cervice collogue supra saturatioribus, pariibus omnibus infc'^ 

 rioribus rujisy lateribus nigro transversim strintis, cauda bre- 

 nissimd. 



Tinamou with the body above brownish black, slightly clouded 

 with rufous ; the nape and neck above darkest ; all the under 

 parts of the body rufous j the sides transversely striped with 

 black 3 the tail very short. 



Tinamus obsoletus. Temm. Gall, Ind. p. 75. 



Tinamou Apequia. Temm, Pig. et Gall, 3. 588, 



From seven to nine inches in length : the pre- 

 vailing colour of the feathers of the sides of the 

 head and the throat is greyish red : the top of the 

 head and the hinder part of the neck are dusky 

 brown : the fore-part of the neck, the breast, the 

 sides, and the belly, are fine rusty red : the feathers 



