49. DKNDIUJKTVX. 303 



aud upper tail-coverts dull olive-brown, finely mottled with black, 

 and with a narrow irregular black and white band at the extremity. 

 Wing-coverts (except the primary-coverts) and scapulars olive- 

 grey, tinely mottled with black, mostly with ill-defined chestnut 

 centres, and irregular black and white spots or markings on the 

 sides ; secondaries very similar to the longer coverts but with dark 

 centres ; primaries and i)rimary-coverts brown, mottled with buff 

 on the outer web. Breast and middle of belly dirty white, shading 

 into brownish grey on the flanks, which are mottled Mith dusky 

 and have indistinct rut'ous centres ; thighs and under tail-coverts 

 like the upper tail-coverts, but the former are paler. Tail brownish 

 black, mottled, especially on the centre pair, with whitish buff or 

 buff'. Iris, naked skin round the eye, bill, and tarsi coral-red ; claws 

 dark brown. Total length 15 inches, wing 6'3, tail 6-5, tarsus 2, 

 middle toe and claw 2*1. 



Adult female. Resembles the male but is smaller. Total length 

 13'3 inches, wing 5'!*, tail 0-3, tarsus 1-75, middle toe and claw 1"8. 



Ilah. S. Mexico, Colima, Guerrero, Oaxaca. 



a, b. Ad. et pull. Mexico. Purchased. 



St. 



0. Ad. .sk. Mexico ( Tf7(!Vf). Sahin-Godman Coll. 



d-f. cT $ ad. sk. Sien-a Nevada de Colima, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



12,000 ft, April, Dee. (W. 



B. likhardtiun ii; W. Llotjd). 

 (J. Ad. sk. Omilteme, 8000 ft., State of Salviu-Godman Coll. 



Guerrero, July {D. \V. Smith), 

 h. (S ad. sk. Tonaguia, Oaxaca, Feb. (.V. Salviu-Godman Coll. 



TriijiUo ) . 



2. Dendrortyx barhatus. 



Dendrortvx bai-batus, Lkht., Gould, Mon. Od(»it(>j)fi. jit. ii. pi. 22 

 (1846)'[Jalapa] ; Grui/, List Ocdliiue Brit. Mus. p. 74 (1867); id. 

 Hand-l. B. ii. p. 272 (1870). 



Admt male and fenmle. Top of the head and ear-coverts brown, 

 forehead paler, the occijtital feathers forming a fairly long crest ; 

 superciliary stripe, cheeks, throat, and fore part of neck dark grey, 

 chin and middle of throat usually paler ; back and sides of the 

 neck chestnut, edged on the sides with grey ; mantle similar, but the 

 grey sides are narrower and there is an irregular blaek and white 

 8]»ot on the margin of both webs ; rest of the upper parts very 

 simihir to I), macrouvus, but the ends of the seajjulars and outer 

 secondaries are mostly deep black, irregularly edged and marked 

 with buff round the extremity ; the chest, breast, and sides of 

 belly are dull light chestnut ; rest of the underiiarts nearly similar 

 to D. maci-ourus. The ground-colour of the quills and outer tail- 

 feathers reddish chestnut. Bill, naked skin round the eye, legs and 

 feet red. Total length 13*6 inches, wing ()-2, tail 4-J>, tarsus 1-95, 

 middle toe and claw 2-1. 



An imumtut-e bird differs from the adult in having most of the 

 feathers of the nape and mantle blotched with black at the 



