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LITTLE TINAMOU. 



quenting only those that are well clothed with 

 herbage, among which it conceals itself : its man- 

 ners are very similar to those of the rest of the 

 species of this genus, living a solitary life, and 

 never frequenting the woods : it runs well, but 

 flies with difficulty, never more than about twenty 

 paces at a time : it will not bear confinement. 



LITTLE TINAMOU, 

 (Tinamus soui.) 



Ti. corpore supra Juscescente-rtifoj nigro parum nebuloso, suhtus 



cinerascente-rufOf vertice temporihus cerviceque nigrisy coUo 



subtus cineraseente'olivaceo. 

 Tinamou with the body above brownish red, slightly clouded 



with black 3 beneath greyish red ; the crown, temples, and 



nape, black 5 the neck beneath greyish olive. 

 Tinamus Soui. Lath, Ind. Orn. 2. 634. 4. — Temm, GalL Ind, 



752. 



Tetrao Soui. GmeL Syst, Nat, 1. 768. 66. 



Le Soui, ou petit Tinamou. Buff, Ois, 4. 512. — Buff, PL EnL 



S29,'-Temm. Pig, et Gall, 3. 597. 

 Little Tinamou, Lath, Gen, Syn, 4. 727» 



This is about nine inches in length : the top of 



the head, the cheeks, and the whole of the hinder | 



part of the neck, are dusky grey: the throat is | 



white : the fore-part of the neck, the breast, and i 



the sides, are olive-brown, or brown varied with ; 



