(PENTLAND'S TINAMOU.)
+Rhynchotus pentlandii+, _G. R. Gray, List of Gall. B. M._ p. 103
(1867). +Rhynchotus punctulatus+, _G. R. Gray, ibid._ (jr.).
+Nothoprocta doeringi+, _Cab. J. f. O._ 1878, p. 198 (Cordova);
_White, P. Z. S._ 1883, p. 432 (Cordova).
_Description._--Above cinereous; head and back banded with black
bars, which are bordered with ochraceous; back also varied with
longitudinal whitish streaks; wings cinereous, with pale ochraceous
cross bars on the outer webs: beneath pale cinereous; throat
whitish; breast and sides of belly with rounded whitish spots;
middle of belly creamy white; bill and feet reddish: whole length
8·0 inches, wing 5·5, tail 2·0.
_Hab._ Andes of Bolivia and Northern Argentina.
We have been able to compare a typical specimen of _Nothoprocta
doeringi_, received from Dr. Doering of Cordova, with the series of
specimens of this group in the British Museum, and find that Dr.
Cabanis's name must give way to G. R. Gray's prior designation. Dr.
Doering's specimens of this species were obtained in the Sierra de
Cordova. The original example of _Nothoprocta pentlandi_ was procured
by Pentland, the well-known scientific traveller (after whom it is
called), in the Andes of Bolivia.