296 PHASIANID E. 
Eupsychortyx leylandi, Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 411"; Handb. Game-Birds, ii. p. 182"; 
Underwood, Ibis, 1896, p. 449”. 
Eupsychortyx leucofrenatus, Elliot, Ann. Lyc. N. York, vii. p. 106, t. 3™. 
E. leucopogoni similis, sed saturatior ; pileo brunneo, regione parotica nigricante, fascia postoculari et altera 
suboculari ochraceis; gutture nigro, et corpore subtus vinaceo-brunneo, albo ocellato distinguendus. Long. 
tota circa 8:0, ale 4:4, caudex 2:0, culm. 0°6, tarsi 1:1. 
2 E. leucopogoni Q similis, sed saturatior, noteo maculis majoribus nigris notato ; pileo et crista nigricanti- 
brunneis, nucha rufescente ; loris et supercilio lato ochraceis, superne nigro marginatis ; regione parotica 
saturate brunnea; collo laterali et postico albo nigroque conspicue maculato; genis et gula ochraceis ; 
gutture‘imo et prepectore vinaceo-brunneis, maculis albis nigro circumdatis ocellatis ; pectore et abdomine 
albis ; corporis lateribus albo nigroque ocellatis, plumis medialiter vinaceo-brunneis, quasi late longitudi- 
naliter striatis. Long. tota circa 8-0, ale 4:2. (Descr. maris et femine ex Chinandega. Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Honpuras (Edwards 4), between Omoa and Comayagua (Leyland! ?, Taylor *), 
Paraiso, Jalapa, near the frontier of Honduras (Aichardson); Nicaragua, Sucuya 
(Nutting 7), Ocotal, Matagalpa, Chinandega (Richardson |"); Costa Rica (Endrés", 
Carmiol!, Dow, Zeledon 8), Heredia and Barba (v. Frantzius°), San José 
(Carmiol4", Boucard®, Zeledon®, Cherrie’°), Barranca (Carmiol*), Alajuela 
(Zeledon®), Irazu district (Rogers™), Miravalles 18, Estrella (Underwood in 
litt.). 
E. leylandi is a much darker bird than E. leucopogon and shows no chestnut on the 
face and throat. The throat is black, like the ear-coverts, and there are two bands 
of ochraceous buff on the sides of the head, one running from above the eye to above 
the end of the ear-coverts, and the other extending from below the latter over the 
hinder cheeks. The under surface of the body is dark vinaceous-brown, not rufous, 
and is plentifully ocellated with white spots as in the other members of the genus. 
The female has the throat, sides of face, and eyebrow of an ochraceous-buff colour. 
Mr. Elliot 1° has described a bird from Honduras as E. lewcofrenatus, on account of 
the white eyebrow and cheek-stripe. In our collection we have a specimen from Ocotal, 
Nicaragua, and we agree with Mr. Ogilvie Grant that this is an immature bird of 
E. leylandi. The throat is rufous, mottled with black spots, as if it would ultimately 
become quite black. 
In habits this bird appears to resemble the common Virginian Quail. According 
to von Frantzius ®, it is known in Costa Rica as the “ Perdiz,” and is found in the open 
country in the neighbourhood of thick underwood and cover, as well as in the coffee- 
plantations and maize-fields. Associating in flocks of from fifteen to twenty individuals, 
M. Boucard® found it common in the Valley of San José during the rainy season from 
May to December, after which it entirely disappeared. 
Mr. G. C. Taylor 3 frequently met with coveys of these birds in Honduras, especially 
on the high ground near Comayagua. They were usually lying in long grass, and 
when disturbed flew for shelter to the thick bushes. Without a dog they were difficult 
to flush and not easily seen when on the wing, while the ground they frequented was 
so full of ticks (“ garrapatas”’) as to destroy all keenness in pursuing them. 
