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THE TATAUPA. 
Crypturus tataupa. 
PLATE XXX. 
Tinamou tataupa, Tinamus tataupa, Temminck, Planches 
Coloriees, pi. 415. 
This bird is also a native of Paraguay, and has 
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 are 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 o£P in this respect 
as well as many other peculiarities. 
The Tataupa is a small species, being only about 
nine inches in length. The bead, neck, breast, 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 are dull black, 
bordered with a narrrow band 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. 
