410 PHASIiNlD.S;. 



pi. 38; Gray, List of B. pt. iii. Gall. p. 44 (1844); id. List 



GalUnce Brit. Mus. p. 77 (18671 ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 273 (1870) ; 



V. Peh. Orn. Bras. p. 290 (1871). 

 Sonnini's Quail, Lath. Gen. Hist. viii. p. 328 (1823). 

 Ortvx cristatus, Cab. {nee Linn.) in Schomb. Brit. Guiana, pt. iii. 



p". 747 (1848). 

 Eupsychortyx sonninii, Gould, Mon. Odontoph. pt. iii. pi. 11 (1850) ; 



Cassin, P. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 378 [St. Thomas] ; Newton, Ibis, 



1860, p. 308 [St. Thomas, introduced] ; Sclat. ^ Salmn, P. Z. S. 



1869, p. 252 [Plain of Valencia] ; Cory, Auk, iv. p. 225 (1887) ; id. 



B. West Ind. p. 224 (1889) ; id. Cat. W. Ind. B. p. 96 (1892). 



Adult male. Differs chiefly from E. leucopogon iu having the 

 chest pale vinaceous, slightly vermiculated with black ; most of the 

 feathers with one or two small, irregular, black-edged white spots 

 on the margins of one or both webs, but these marks are mostly 

 hidden and do not take away much, if at all, from the general 

 uniform appearance of the chest ; the ear-coverts are dirty white. 

 Total length 8'5 inches, wing 4*1, tail 2-6, tarsus I'lo, middle toe 

 and claw 1-3. 



Adult female. Resembles the female of E. levxcpogon, but the 

 black markings on the underparts are less coarse, especially on the 

 throat ; the superciliaries and cheeks are, moreover, washed with 

 orange-rufous and much brighter, while the general colour of the 

 underparts is paler. Total length 8-3 inches, wing 3-9, tail 2-45, 

 tarsus 1-1, middle toe and claw 1-2. 



A quite yoiuKj bird has the upper parts ven,' similar to those of 

 the female adult, but all the feathers of the mantle, wing-coverts, 

 scapulars, and chest have pale buff shaft-stripes ; chin and throat 

 white, rest of the underparts white irregularly barred with black. 



Hah. K. of S. America, ranging south to the Rio Branco, east to 

 British Guiana, and west to Caracas, Venezuela. 



a. (5 ad. sk. Forte do Rio Branco, Brazil, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Nov. (Natterer). 

 British Guiana. Schomhurgk Coll. 



Quonga, Brit. Guiana, Sept., Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Oct., Nov. (H. TVhitely). 



Caracas, Venezuela. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Mustique, Grenadine I., W. I., Salvin-Godman Coll. 



June (Z). W. Smith). 



[Mexico.] Gould CoU. 



No locality. Eyton Coll. 



4. Eupsychortyx patvicristatus. 



Ortyx parvicristatus, GotiM, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 106 [Santa Fe de 

 Bogota] : Gray, List of B. pt. iii. Gall. p. 44 (1844) ; id. Hand-l. 

 B. ii. p. 273 (1870). 



Eupsychortyx parvicristatus, Gould, Mon. Odont. pt. ii. pi. 12 (1846). 



Ortyx parvirostris, Gray, List Gallince Brit. Mus. p. 77 (1867). 



* Apparently assuming male plumage on the chest. 



