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THE TATAUPA. 
Crypturus tataupa. 
PLATE XXX. 
Tinamou tataupa, Tinatniis tataupa, T&mminck? Planches 
Color ices, pi. 415. 
This bird is also a native of Paraguay, and lias 
nearly the manners with the last, a little more fami- 
liarity is displayed, and it approaches commonly 
nearer to cultivation, whence it has received the pro- 
vincial name of Tataupa. It breeds in similar places 
to the last, and the eggs arc of a deep brilliant blue. 
Violet and blue are remarkable colours in the eggs 
of the gallinaceous birds, the former very rare among 
any, and the tiuamous seem to lead off in tills respect 
as well as many other peculiarities. 
The Tataupa is a small species, being only about 
nine inches in length. The head, neck, hr east, and 
belly are of a greyish leaden colour; the throat pure 
white, the back and wing-coverts brownish-black, 
the feathers on the thighs and rump arc dull black, 
bordered with a narrrow hand of white. The bill is 
brilliant red, and the legs are of a purplish-red, both 
contrasting well with the otherwise dull and chaste 
plumage. 
