. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . Tina mil a fao ,. 1.—To sliowtlu. clianifUr ol tlir Kill, uliicli isiirculiar to llir family. (iislinguished by their long thin bills, sIkmI tails, and small eggs are, moreover, [)ecu]iar by the higbly polished dislribution of tho family is within the limits of tho B 2 BIRDS OF BRITI^JH GUIANA. Neotropical Region, and is known to occur from Mexico throughCentral and South America to Patagonia. The family comjirises about seventy species, seven of whichare rep
. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . Tina mil a fao ,. 1.—To sliowtlu. clianifUr ol tlir Kill, uliicli isiirculiar to llir family. (iislinguished by their long thin bills, sIkmI tails, and small eggs are, moreover, [)ecu]iar by the higbly polished dislribution of tho family is within the limits of tho B 2 BIRDS OF BRITI^JH GUIANA. Neotropical Region, and is known to occur from Mexico throughCentral and South America to Patagonia. The family comjirises about seventy species, seven of whichare represented in British Guiana, two being endemic. Genus TINAMUS Herm. Tinamns Hermann, Tab. AfRn. Anim. p. 164, 1783. Tvpe T. major(Gmel.). This genus is distinguished from Cvf/ptnrus chiefly by the largersize of the birds, the longer tails, and the roughness on the hinderportion of the tarsus which is composed of hexagonal scales, whilethe front aspect is smooth and transyerselj Fig. 2.—To illustrate the transverse sciitellatlons on the front part oftarsi and the hexagonal scales on the hinder portion. Keij to the Species. a. Larger, wing more than 250 mm. ; upjser surface blackish, broadly barred ; crown of head black T. /no septentrionalis, p. 2. b. Smaller, wing less than 250 mm. ; upper surface olive, almost uniform ; crown of bead chestnut T. major, p. 4. 1. Tinamus tao Blte Tinamou. Tinamvs tao septentrional is Brabourne & Chubb, Ann. & Mag. Nat. HLst. (8) xii. p. 578, December 1913 (Plains of Cumana, Venezuela tao Temm., Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvii. p. 497, part, 1895; Beebe, Zoologica, i. p. 71, 1909; id. Our Search for a Wilderness, ])p. 321, 389. canns (Wagb), Cab. in Schomb. Eeis. Guian. iii. p. 749, 1848. Adult male. Head and nape black ; sides of face also bhick TIXAMUS. 3 inteniiixcd with wliito ; a variegated lino ot l)latk and white tmeach side of the nape: mantle and lesser
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