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BWARF TINAMOU, 



(Tinamus nanus.) 



Tf. corpore colloque supra rufo^ alho nigroque mriegatis, sublus 

 albidot pectore longitudinaliter, lateribus transversim rufo et 

 m'gricante striatisy fronte cervice temporibusque rufescentibus 

 nigro-punctatis. 



Tinamou with the body and neck above rufous, variegated with 

 white and black ; beneath whitish ; the breast longitudinally, 

 and the sides transversely, striated with rufous and dusky j 

 the forehead, nape, and temples, reddish, spotted with black, 



Tinamus nanus. Temm, Gall, Ind, p. 753. 



Tinamou carape. 2'emm, Pig. et Gall. 3. 600. 



This species is described by D'Azara nearly as 

 follows : length six inches : the under parts of the 

 body are whitish ; the fore-part of the neck being 

 marked with long reddish spots, and the sides of 

 the body being transversely striped with black and 

 reddish white : the forehead, the sides, and the 

 hinder part of the head, are bright red, spotted 

 with dusky : the feathers on the top of the head 

 are dusky, obsoletely spotted and edged with dirty 

 white : those of the top of the neck and the rump 

 are varied with red, white, and black, the former 

 being also spotted with white : the quills and outer 

 coverts of the wings are transversely striped with 

 black and reddish, and spotted with white: the 

 tarsi are bright olive : the upper mandible of the 

 beak is brown, and the lower whitish. 

 ' This bird inhabits the fields of Paraguay, fre- 

 v. XI. p. II. 28 



