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TATAUPA TINAMOU* 



Tinamou with the body above dusky rufous 3 the crown, tem-* 

 pies, and nape, dusky black j the throat and neck white 3 the 

 breast, under parts, and edges of the wings, cinereous lead- 

 colour } the feathers of the thighs black, edged with white. 



Tinamus Tataupa. Temm. Gall. Ind.p. 752. 



Tinamou Tataupa. Temm. Pig. et Gall. 3. p. 5^0. 



Nine or nine inches and a half in length : the 

 top of the head, the cheeks, the occiput, and part 

 of the nape, are black, slightly shaded with lead- 

 colour : the throat and part of the front of the 

 neck are white : the lower part of the neck, the 

 breast, and the belly, are grey lead-colour : the 

 back, the lesser and middle wing-coverts, are of a 

 dusky red, with the coverts that are nearest the 

 edge of the wing tinged with lead-colour: the 

 secondary feathers and the quills are grey-brown ; 

 the feathers of the sides are brown-lead ; those of 

 the thighs and the sides of the rump are black ^ 

 the whole slightly bordered with white : the under 

 tail-coverts are striped with bright red and black i 

 the legs are glossy reddish violet : the beak and 

 irides are bright red. 



This species is a native of Brazil, frequenting 

 the vicinity of habitations : it resides among thick 

 herbage, where it deposits its eggs, which are four 

 in number, of a shining deep blue : the sexes live 

 solitary: their cry is louder and more sonorous 

 than in any other of the genus : they are reared by 

 the natives for their flesh, which is white, but 

 insipid. 



