P. PEARSON 1951-1952 Mothmera (Little tinamou) (Codornis) Dec 19 shot 1 at km 57 west of Puno, on ichu slope, 13,200ft. Oray had fallen up to 4mm and looked adult. Thought at first it was young of Mothmera while we shot at foot of same spurt. Dec 29 15km W. of Puno, 13,000ft. Well grazed ichu grass, a few tota, many stone walls. While setting traps at 4 p.m along a stone wall, I heard a flutter behind me, turned around and there was a tinamou backing its last on the ground. The belly was smeared with egg and egg shells and the gizzard had ruptured out. I had stepped on it while it was on its nest! A foot or so away was the grace nest traced under several adjacent clumps of ichu. Shells of at least 2 eggs were around, plus feather torn loose in the catastrophe, plus one intact glozy terra verde egg of relatively enormous size - 25 grams. This is as large as some of the hen's eggs sold in Puno. Under the smeared egg I could find traces of blood patch. There were down feathers and larger sprouting feathers on the abdomen. Set 2 steel traps + obtained to try for mate. The one squashed was a J with 10x7 teeth and a crop full of big beetles. Egg was 47 x 30 mm, a shiny deep unsaturated lavender-gray. Embryo corresponding to 24-26 hrs. Chile. Jan 8 Paimani. Suspect that these call like men-tute in morning morning. Feb 7 Much "men-tut" calling at grand pit outside Puno at the squashed nest place 15km W. Puno. Feb 8