CYRTONYX.—DACTYLORTYX. 7 307 
8. Cyrtonyx ocellatus. 
Ortyzx ocellatus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 75". 
Cyrtonyx ocellatus, Gould, Monogr. Odontoph. t. 8*; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 226°; Salv. Cat. 
Strickl. Coll. p. 573*; Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 428°; Handb. Game-Birds, 
li. p. 149°, 
Cyrtonyx sumichrasti, Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Ac. Sci. i. p. 517; Sumichr. La Nat. v. p. 230°. 
C. sallei similis, sed nucha cristata sordide cineracea, notzi striis longitudinalibus rufis, preepectore medio 
ochraceo, plumis castaneo marginatis, hujus lateribus cinereis ochraceo ocellatis ; corpore reliquo subtus 
leete castaneo, corporis lateribus castaneis, nigro vel schistaceo sparsim transfasciatis ; abdomine nigro. 
Long. tota circa 8:5, ale 5:35, caude 1-75, culm. 0°65, tarsi 1-25. (Deser. maris adulti ex Quezaltenango. 
Mus. nostr.) 
2 C. montezume Q similis, sed saturatior, et nucha saturate vinacea, nigro fasciata. Long. tota circa 7:5, 
ale 4:9. (Descr. femine adulte ex Guatemala. Mus. Brit.) 
Hab. Muxico, Santa Efigenia, Tehuantepec (Sumichrast?’); Guaremata2® (Constan- 
cia*), Quezaltenango and Duefias (0. S.>), Toliman 5000 feet (Richardson) ; 
Honpuras, Danli, Jalapa, near the frontier (Richardson). 
The Ocellated Quail differs from C. sall@i, which it resembles in the absence of the 
white ocellated spots on the flanks, by several well-marked characters. In the facial 
markings the two species are alike, but C. ocellatus has the black crescent on the sides 
of the neck continued below the white band on the lower throat. Instead of the white 
ovate spots which decorate the grey sides of the chest in C. sallwi, the spots in C. ocel- 
atus are pale ochraceous and take the form of broad bars. The feathers of the centre 
of the front of the neck and chest are pale ochreous, with chestnut bars at the ends, 
and the under surface generally is lighter chestnut than in C. sallei. The sides of the 
body likewise are bright chestnut, with a few black bars and scarcely any slaty-grey, 
this latter colour being represented by a few remains of bars near the ends of the 
feathers, which are chestnut and not grey with chestnut spots, as in C. sallwi. The 
female scarcely differs from that of C. montezuwma, but is rather larger and darker, and 
has the nuchal patch dark brown with black bars. 
The range of this species appears to be from Tehuantepec to Guatemala, and the 
adjacent part of Honduras, whence Richardson sent us some specimens from his last 
expedition. 
Nothing has been recorded of its habits. 
DACTYLORTYX. 
Dactyloriye, Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 429 (1893). 
This genus is characterized by having the plumage of the sexes different, a short 
crest, the first flight-feather equal to the eighth, the tail two-fifths of the length of the 
wing and composed of twelve feathers, and the claws very long and but slightly 
curved. 
Only one species is recognized. 
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