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Show 548 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON [Julie 3, PYGOPODES. 464. TACHYBAPTUS DOMINICUS (Linn.). Antioquia. (Mus. S.-G.) Iris yellow. Egg "(no. 125) dirty white: axis 1*2, diam. *9. "The nest is placed by the water's edge."-T. K.S. CRYPTURI. 465. TINAMUS RUFICEPS, Scl. & Salv. Nomencl. p. 162. Remedios. (Mus. S.-G. Egg Mus. Brit.) Egg nearly round, Sevres-blue: axis 2*2, diam. 1*9. " No nest is formed, merely a depression amongst dead leaves on the ground at the foot of a large tree in the high forest. The bird does not appear to run from her nest on the approach of a person, but rises on the wing with a loud whirring noise, almost at your feet." -T.K.S. 466. NOTHOCERCUS BONAPARTII (Gray). Concordia, Frontino. (Mus. S.-G.) Iris dark. Stomach contained fruit. Egg rather elongated, rich dark Sevres-blue: axis 28, diam. 2. " This Tinamou makes a nest of dead leaves on the ground at the foot of a tree ; I have seen one on the top of a broken tree. It has the same habits as Tinamus ruficeps."-T. K. S. 467. CRYPTURUS BOUCARDI, Sclater. Neche. (Mus. S.-G.) The single specimen is rather more rufous on the cheeks; but there is no difference sufficient to justify separation. The most southern locality hitherto known for this species is Costa Rica (Car-miol, in Mus. S.-G.). 468. CRYPTURUS PILEATUS (Bodd.). Cauca. (Mus. S.-G.) Egg (no. 128) uniform pale chocolate: axis 1*3, diam. 1*23. "Builds a nest of dead leaves on the ground, and lays two eggs." -T. K. S. " Strictly speaking this nest has no materials, as it is simply a depression on the ground amongst dead leaves."-T. K. S. V. GENERAL CONCLUSIONS. Mr. Salmon's collections, embracing examples of 468 species, although they do not certainly exhaust the rich avifauna of Antioquia, give us a sufficient basis for the deduction of a few conclusions respecting its general facies, which may be stated as follows:- 1. The avifauna of Antioquia is, on the whole, most nearly allied to that with which we have become acquainted from the |