MAN H»nh«-l. imp
TINAMUS R O B U STU S .
TINAMUS ROBUSTUS.
(KOBGST TINAMOID.
Tinamus major ( ? ) . . . M oore, P .Z .S . 1859, p. 63.
Scl. an d Salv, Ib ie, 1S59, p, 226.
Tinamus robusius . . Sclater, P .Z .S . 1860, p . 253, e t 1864, p. 371.
Salv. Ib is, 1861, p . 355, e t P.Z,S . 1867, p . 159.
P a rk e r, Traus. Z. S. v. p. 205 e t seq.
Lawrence, An n . N . T . Lyc. vii. p. 477.
G. R. Gray , L is t o f G a llin a (1 8 6 7 ), p. 97.
S u p rà bru n n esc en ti-o liv ac eu s , n ig ro irreg u la rite r tran s fa sciatn s : c ervice im m aeu latâ; p ileo n n c liâque nigi-is, há c
ferrugineo p u n c ta tâ : su b tu s pallidè olivacescenti-cinereus, g u lâ albâ ; la te rib u s c ap itis e t g u ttu r e in feriore n ig ro e t rufes- -
c en te v a riegatis ; v e n tre medio albicantiore, n ig ro obsolete tran s ra d io la to ; tib iis e t te c tric ib u s caudæ iu ferioribus
n ig ric an te e t fulvo va riegatis ; te c tric ib u s a larum in ferio rib u s fuliginosis ; remig ib u s p rima riis n ig ric an tib u s unicolori-
b u s ; rec tricib u a p lum beo-nigris, apicibus olivaeesceuti-brunneis ; raa sillân ig ric an ti-o livac eâ , m an dibulâ a lb ican te , pedibus
obscure olivaceis : long, to ta 15 0, alæ 9 50, caudæ 3 '5 0 , r o s tr i a r ic tu 1-70, ta rs i 2 60.
lia è , in Mexico M e rid io n ali {S a lle ): Gu atema la { S a lv in ): R cp . H o n d u ra te n s i e t Belize {L e y la n i) : T e ra g u â
{Arc t): I s tb . Pan am a (ilfcieawnaffl).
Ois. Similis T. majori, sed c ra ssitie majore, pileo n ig ric an te ne c ru fe scen te , e t su p rà magis distin cte maculatus.
The typical Tinamous, for Avhich Cahanis proposed the generic name Trachypeîmus, constitute
a v e iy we ll marked section o f this peculiar group, characterized by the elevation o f the upper
edges o f the po sterior tarsal scutes, which foiTU a kind o f rasp on the plantar surface. Tho
only species o f this genus found in America north o f the isthmus o f Panama, as far as our
present knowledge extends, is the one herewith figm-ed from a Guatemalan specimen in the
collection o f Messrs. Salvin and Godman.
When first met Avith this species was hardly disting-uished from its southern representative
in the Avood-region o f Brazil, and Avas consequently referred to (with doubt) in our earlier articles
on the birds o f Cenfral America, as Tinamus major. In 1860, however, on the receipt of
excellent specimens collected by M. Sallé in the State o f Vera Cruz, Sclater came to the
conclusion that the bird was truly distinct, and proposed to call it robustas, from its poAverful
form.
Like a large number o f other Central American species o f birds Tinamus robusius extends
from Southern Mexico down to Panama, but does not appear to occur in any more southern
locality,— unless Iilr. Cassin’s Tinamus major, obtained by Mr. Wood on the Truando* be,
* Proc. Acad, Sc. P h il. I8 6 0 , p. 195.