Crypturus cinereus, White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 629 (Salta) (?). Ynambū azulado, Azara, Apunt. iii. p. 52 (Paraguay). Crypturus obsoletus, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 152.
Description.—Above reddish brown; head blackish; sides of head pale cinereous: beneath chestnut-brown; chin pale cinereous; lower half of abdomen pale ochraceous, distinctly barred with undulating black bands; bill brown, yellowish at the base; feet dark flesh-colour: whole length 12·0 inches, wing 6·2, tail 1·8.
Hab. Southern Brazil, Paraguay, and Northern Argentina.
White refers a Tinamou which he shot at Oran in November 1880 to Crypturus cinereus. There can be little doubt, however, that the specimen in question really belonged to the allied species C. obsoletus, which is known to occur in Paraguay. The true C. cinereus is from a much more northern locality, and is not likely to be found in Argentina.
[426.] CRYPTURUS TATAUPA (Temm.).
(TATAUPA TINAMOU.)
Crypturus tataupa, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 152; Salvin, Ibis, 1880, p. 364 (Salta); White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 629, (Oran). Ynambū tatāupā, Azara, Apunt. iii. p. 48.
Description.—Above chestnut-brown; head and neck dark cinereous: beneath cinereous; throat white; middle of belly white; flanks and crissum varied with undulating bars of black and white; bill yellowish; feet dark ashy: whole length 10·0 inches, wing 5·2, tail 1·8. Female similar.
Hab. South Brazil, Paraguay, and Northern Argentina.
The Tataupa Tinamou was first described by Azara as an inhabitant of Paraguay, whence it extends into the northern provinces of the Argentine Republic. White obtained specimens among the undergrowth in the dense forests of Campo Colorado, near Oran, and Durnford also met with it near Salta.