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CRYPTÜRÜS SA L LÆI
(SALLÉ’s TIKAMOU).
Tinamug (Notliura) einnamomea . . Less. Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 2 10 (?).
Tinamus cinnamomeus . . . . . Scl. e t Salv. Ib is , 1859, p. 226.
Tinamus d e la ttrii . . . . . . Bp. Compt. R e ad , x ssv iii. p. 663 (?).
Nothocercus s a i l a i ......................................................Bp. Compt. Ren d . xlii. p. 954.
......................................................S c la ter, P.Z.S . 1856, p. 310.
Tinamits s a l ï a i ......................................................Scl. P.Z.S. 1859, p p . 369, 392,
......................................................G . C. T aylor, Ib is, 1860, p . 312.
......................................................G. R. G ray , L is t o f Gallinæ (1867), p. 100.
N igrican s, rufo u n d u la tu s : alarum v ittis la tio rib u s e t ilavescentioribus : cervice po stieâ e t dorso su p e rio re ferè
p u r is : pileo n ig ric a n te ; nuc liâ ru fe scen te , n ig ro u n d u la lâ : la te rib u s c ap itis r u fis : su b tu s cmnamomeo-rufus : cervice
c inereâ, g u lâ niveâ ; la te rib u s e t crisso nigro v a riegatis : ro stro co rneo ; man d ib u lâ e t p edibus flavis : long, to ta 10 0,
alæ 6 2, ta rs i l '8 , ro s tri a ric tu 1 5 .— Foem. pileo to to fulvo tran s fa sciato : p e cto re e t g u lâ n ig ro e t fulvo d istincte
tran s rad io la tis : fasciis la te rum d istinctioribus.
lia i), l u Mexico meridionali (Sallé) : Gu atema la (S a lvin ) : Costa Rica (Arcé).
The first name certainly applicable to this Tinamou is that which we have adopted for its
designation, although it is probable that the two earlier terms quoted as doubtftil in ou)-
synonymy may have been based upon individuals o f this species. But in each case the
description is too short and vague to be recognizable, and, the type-specimens not being av-ailable,
it is impossible to ascertain with certainty what species was intended.
The original specimens o f Sallé’s Tinamou were obtained by M. Auguste Sallé, whose
name it hears, at Cordov'a in the State o f Vera Cruz. Other examples were procured by Dc Oca.
in the vicinity o f Jalapa, and by Boucard at Playa Vicente on tbe Rio Tcscchoacan, so that
it is probably not an uncommon bird in the eastern forests o f Southern Mexico. In Guatemala
Salvin found this species tolerably abundant in the forests b elow Alotenango, on the southern slope
o f the YYIcanoes o f Agua and Fuego, but in no other part o f tlie republic. Like the rest of
the family in Guatemala it is a strictly forest-bird, being known to the Creoles o f tliat
country as the Gallina del Monte or “ forest fowl.” The flesh is as good as that o f Tinamus
rohiistus, o f which we have already spoken, and renders the bird a favourite object o f pursuit
o f the Indian hunters. A specimen obtained alive and kept some time in captivity was frequenti}'
observed to rest upon its tarsi, as depicted iu the figure o f the preceding species.
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