394 PHASIANIDJi:. 



extremity, edged with olive-brown finely mottled with dusky, and 

 with buff shaft-stripe dilated at the extremity ; only the middle of 

 the chest and breast rust-coloured and barred and mottled with dusky, 

 the sides and flanks marked and barred with black and white. 

 Hub. Jalapa, Vera Cruz, Mexico. 



a, b. Ad. St. et sk. Jalapa, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Purchased of M. Ver- 



reaux. 

 c-f. Ad. et juv. Jalapa, Vera Cruz, Mexico Salvin-Godman and 

 'sk. {de Oca). Gould Colls. 



3. Dendrortyx leucophrys. 



Ortyx leucophrys, Gould, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 132 [Coban]. 

 Dendrortyx leucophrys, Gould, Mon. Odontoph. pt. ii. pi. 21 (1846) ; 



Sdat. L^' Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 226 ; Gray, List Gallince Brit. Mus. 



p. 73 (1807); id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 272 (1870); Boucard, P. Z. S. 



1878, pp. 40, 42 [Volcano of Irazu, Costa Rica, 7000 ft.] ; Zeledon, 



P. U. S. Nat. Mus. viii. p. 112 (1886) [Costa Rica]. 



Adult male and female. Differ chiefly from D. macroiirus in 

 having the forehead, lores, chin, and upper part of throat white ; 

 the superciliary stripe complete ; the white stripe below the ear- 

 coverts absent ; the occipital feathers dull rufous and shorter ; the 

 lower part of the throat and neck similar to the mantle, which has 

 the dark chestnut stripe down the middle of the feathers edged on 

 either side with black ; the lower back, rump, and upper tail- 

 coverts uniform olive-brown finely mottled with dusky, and almost 

 if not entirely devoid of buff markings, those on the wing-coverts 

 and secondaries much reduced ; the breast and rest of underparts 

 more dusky grey, with well-marked rufous stripes down the middle ; 

 and the quills and outer tail-feathers with the ground-colour 

 chestnut. Bill black, lower mandible orange below ; naked space 

 round the eye, tarsi and feet orange-red. Total length 13'6 inches, 

 wing 6, tail 5-7, tarsus 1'95, middle toe and claw 2"1. 



Hub. Guatemala and Costa E.ica. 



a-c. Ad. sk. Dueiias, Guatemala, Nov. (O. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin). 

 d. 5 ad. sk. Panajachel, 5000 ft., Solola, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Guatemala, May {W. B. 



Richardson). 



50. CALLIPEPLA. 



Tvpe. 



Callipepla, Wayl. Isis, 1832, pp. 277, 1229 C. squamata. 



Sexes similar. Crest short, not extending much beyond the 

 feathers of the head. 



1st primary equals the 8th ; 4th longest. 



Tail composed of 14 feathers, three fourths the length of the wing. 



Tarsus shorter than the middle toe and claw. 



Range. South-western United States of N. America and Mexico. 



