392 



I'HASIANll).!:. 



It. ^ ad. sk. 

 I'-S-- 6 2 ad. 

 J imm. sk 

 fi, i. 6 2 <id. 5 



A-. $ ad. sk. 



/. c? ad. St. 

 »j-/?. 2 ad. 



pull. St. 

 q. Sternum. 



et 



Central America. 



Buctzotz, Yucatan, April {G. 



F. Gauwer). 

 Yasha, Peten, Guatemala, 



April (O. Sulvin). 

 W. District, British Honduras, 



March {F. BUmcanemu). 

 British Honduras. 

 British Honduras. 



49. DENDRORTYX. 



Zoo]. Soc. Coll. 

 yahiu-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Earl of Derby [P.]. 

 Purchased. 



Type. 



Dendrortyx, Goidd, Mon. Odontoph. pi. xx. or pt. i. 



(1844), Introd. p. 20 (1850) D. macrourus. 



Sexes practically similar. A short occipital crest. 

 1st primary miioh shorter than the 10th ; 5th longest. 

 Tail composed of 12 feathers, the oiiter pair much shorter than 

 the middle pair, which are as long or nearly as long as the wing. 

 Tarsus shorter than the middle toe and claw. 

 Bill very stout and short ; claws moderate. 

 Bange. Central America, from Southern Mexico to Costa Eica. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Chin and throat black (feathers nf chin 



sometimes with whitish middles) .... macrowns cT $ , p- -^92. 



h. Chin and throat grey bavhatus cJ $ , p. 393. 



V. Cliiu and upper part of throat white, 



lower part with chestnut black-edged 



centres Inwophyys cJ 2 , p- 394. 



1. Dendrortyx macrourus. 



Ortyx macroura, Jard. ^ Selh. III. Orn. i. text to pi. 38 and 



pi. 49(1825-39) [Mexico]; Jard. Nat. Lib., Orn. iv. p. 128, pi. xii. 



(lf^34). 

 Tetrao marmorata, La Llare, Beff. Trim. i. p. 144 (1831) ; id. La 



Nat. Mex. vii. App. p. 65 (1884). 

 Dendrortyx macrourus, Gould, Mon. Odontoph. pt. i. pi. 20 (1844) ; 



G7-ay, List Gullina Brit. Mus. p. 73 (1807) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. 



p. 272 (1870). 



Adult male. Head, chin *, and throat black, the longer occipital 

 feathers with a triangular reddish-brown spot at the extremity, and 

 forming a moderate crest ; an incomplete white superciliary stripe 

 commencing above the middle of the eye and continued backwards 

 above the ear-coverts ; a similar parallel stripe below the ear- 

 coverts and bordering the sides of the throat. Feathers of the 

 neck, mantle, chest, and sides chestnut in the middle and widely 

 edged with grey on the sides, on the middle of the chest and sides 

 the chestnut centres are paler and less distinct ; lower back, rump, 



* In some specimens the feathers of the chin have whitish middles. 



