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tered all over the surface of the eggs (but more thickl\- at the larger 
end) in two series, the outer of a reddish brown color which overlies 
the inner series which are of a pale lavender color. The average 
size of a series of 24 eggs was 32.9 x 46.2 mm. 
I have found four and five eggs in a set but normally either two 
or three would seem to constitute a full set. and when more than 
three are found I suspect it is the result of two females laying in the 
same nest^. 
TINAMIDAE— THE TINAMOUS. 
Crvpturus cinereus (Gmelin). 
Tctrao cinereus Gm., Syst. Nat. I. 1788. p. 768. 
Crypturus cinereus Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 122. 
Observed and collected only at Maipures, where, while not un- 
common, it was rarely seen, because of its exceeding wariness. 
Crvpturus soui soui (Hermann). 
Tiiiaiuus Soui Hermann, Tab. Affin. Anim. (1783) : p. 165 (Cayenne). 
Tctrao pilcatus Bodd., Tabl. PI. Enl. 1783. p. 51. 
Crypturus pilcatus Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 122. 
Native name Poncha. This, like the preceding species, is very 
wary and not often seen. I secured specimens at Nericagua only. 
The natives assured me that neither species of Poncha was found below 
the falls of Atures. 
Berlepsch and Hartert record this species from La Pricion on 
the Caura River. 
Crypturus variegatus (Gmelin). 
Tctrau variegatus Gm., Syst. Nat. I. 1788. p. 768. 
Crypturus variegatus Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 122. 
Recorded by Berlepsch and Hartert from La Pricion on the 
Caura River. Not observed by the writer. 
PLATALEIDAE— THE SPOONBILLS. 
AjAiA AjAjA (Linnaeus). 
Platalca Ajaja Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. Ed. NH: 1766: 237. 
Common in the delta region and noted as far as the mouth of the 
Rio Apure. 
rts and Sciences), IV. igog. pp. 50-S3, I have pub- 
