A general history of birds

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Variegated Tinamou Tinamus variegatus syn. Crypturellus variegatus Identifier: generalhistoryof08lath (find matches)
Title: A general history of birds
Year: 1821 (1820s)
Authors: Latham, John, 1740-1837
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Winchester (Eng.) Printed by Jacob and Johnson, for the author sold in London by G. and W.B. Whittaker (etc.)
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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dusky rufous; breast, under parts ofthe body, and ridge of the wings, cinereous lead-colour; throat andneck before white; lower part of the neck, breast, and belly, lead-colour; sides of the body and thighs black, edged with white; undertail coverts barred rufous and black ; legs bright reddish violet;shins behind smooth. Inhabits Brazil; called by the Guaranis Tataupa, which meansYnambu of the Chimney; as it often approaches habitations. Itmakes the nest on the ground, of dry herbs, near the trunks of trees;and lays four deep blue eggs. The flesh is not esteemed: it has astrong voice, more so than any other of the kind. lO.-OARIANA TINAMOU. Tinamus strigulosus, Tinamou Oariana, Temm. Pig. Sf Gall. 8vo. iii. p. 594. LENGTH ten inches. Bill brown, the base and under mandiblewhite ; plumage above the body rufous, the feathers edged near thetip with black ; on the wing coverts some spots of yellow, with blackstriffi; forehead black, surrounding the top of the head as a crown ; IL.cxxvn.
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. /rr/nyu/Z/i/ y///f///nw/ TINAMOU. 2 IP throat rufous white; cheeks, hindhead, nape, and lower part of theneck deep rufous ; breast and sides plumbeous, with an olive tinge ;belly yellowish ash, indistinctly waved with pale ash ; belly white;tail coverts rufous, varied with streaks of black, and tipped withrufous white ; tail bluish ash, inclining to olive near the end, with alarge spot of black, and a smaller yellowish one near the tips of thefeathers; legs cinereous yellow, smooth behind. Inhabits Brazil, by the name of Ynambu pinime; several killedin the province of Para. Manners not mentioned. 11—VARIEGATED TINAMOU.-Pl. cxxvii. Tinamus variegatus, Jnd, Orn. ii. 634. Tetrao variegatus, Gm. Lin.. 768. Nat. Misc. pl. 733. Tinamou varie, £«/. iv. 411. Id. Soimin. xw. p. 42. F/. enl. 828. Mem. Cay. n. 272. LYnarabu raye, Toy. dAzara, iv. No. 331 > Temm. Pig. ^ Gall. 8vo. iii. 576. Variegated Titmou, Gen. Syn. iv. 726. pl. 65. LENGTH eleven inches. Bill one inch and a quarter l

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