430 PHASIANID.T.. 



pale shafts. Total length 8-5 inches, wing 5-3, tail 2, tarsus 1-3, 

 middle toe and claw 1"7. 



Immature females have the chest and sides of the breast spotted 

 with black ; and iti stiU younger birds the sides and flanks are also 

 thickly spotted with black. 



Hah. Same as that of the genus. 



a. 2 ad. St. Mexico. Purchased. 



b. 2 Tix ad. sk. Hucienda de Los Atlixcos, Salviu-Godman Coll. 



Mexico, March {F. I). G.). 



c. 5 vix ad. sk. Sierra Madre del Sur, Mexico Salvin-Godmao Coll. 



(D. W. Smith). 



d. Imm. sk. Atoyac, Mexico, May (7). W. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ISmith). 



e. cJ ad. St. Cordoba, Mexico. Purchased of M. Ver- 



reaux. 



f. 2 ad. sk. Omilteme (8000 ft.), State of Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Guerrero, July {D. W. Smith). 

 (/, h. S 2 ^^- sk- Tizimin, Northern Yucatan, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



April {G. F. Gaumer). 

 i: 2 ad.sk. Peto, Yucatan, April (fr.jP. G.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



k. cJ ad. sk. Guatemala. Purchased of M. Ver- 



reaux. 

 l-j^. S 2 ack 6t Volcan de Fuego, Guatemala, Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 imm. sk. Jan., Feb., Aug., & Sept. 



(O. ,S'). 

 q-t. (5 2 ad. et Duenas, Guatemala, Oct. (0.<S'.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



imm. sk. 

 u. S ad.sk. Quezaltenango, Guatemala, Oct. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(0. S.). 

 V. 2ad.sk. \ok'ande San Miguel, Salvador, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



March ( W. B. Richardson). 



58. ODONTOPHORUS *. 



Type. 



Odontophonis, Vteill. Analyse, p. 61 (1816) ; id. N. 

 Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxiv. p. 177 (1819); Gould, 

 Monogr. Odontoj)h., Introd. p. 21 (1860) O. guianensis. 



Dentophorus, Merr., fide Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 271 

 (1870). 



Strophiortyx, Bonap. C. R. xlii. p. 883 (1856) .... 0. columbianus. 



Sexes similar or almost similar in plumage. Moderately long and 

 full occipital crest. 



1st primary shorter than the 10th ; 4th or 5th rather the longest. 



Tail composed of 12 feathers, not more than half the length of 

 the wing. 



Tarsus not longer than the middle toe and claw. 



Bill very stout ; claws moderate. 



Eecnge. Central and South America. 



* Doubtful species : — 

 White-cheeked Partridge, p. 304, Mexican Fartridge, p. 322, and IHud- 

 sonian Quail, p. 330 ; Lath. Gen. Hist. viii. (1825). 



