438 PHASIANID^. 



7. Odontophorus melanonotus. 

 Odontopliorus melanonotus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 382 [Ecuador]. 



Adult. General colour of the upper parts deep bro-wnish black, 

 indistinctly vermiculated with pale rufous ; chin, throat, chest, and 

 upper breast deep rust-red or reddish chestnut ; rest of the under- 

 parts like the back, but the vermiculations are more strongly 

 marked and sand-coloured. Bill black and very stout ; legs and 

 feet horny black (in skin). Total length 10 inches, wing 5*5, 

 tail 2-1, tarsus 2, middle toe and claw 2"15. 



Hah. Ecuador. 



a. Ad. sk. Ecuador. Gould Coll. (Type 



of species.) 



b. Ad. sk. Rio Napo, Ecuador. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



8. Odontophorus leucolaemus. 



Odontophorus leucolaemus, Salvin, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 161 [Veragua] ; 

 Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 272 (1870) ; Zeledon, P. U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 viii. p. 112 (1886) [Costa Rica]. 



Adult male and female. General colour of the upper parts dark 

 olive-brown, slightly washed with rufous and thickly vermiculated 

 with black ; the scapulars and outer secondaries blotched with 

 black towards the extremity, the latter being also tipped with 

 golden buff on the inner web ; quiUs dark brown ; secondaries 

 irregularly mottled with rufous on the outer web ; the forehead, 

 sides of the head and throat, and the chest and breast black, the 

 feathers of the latter with irregular hidden white bars ; the chin 

 and middle of the throat white ; the rest of the underparts rich 

 rufous brown, the feathers of the beUy being mixed with black, 

 those of the thighs and under tail-coverts tipped with pale rufous, 

 and all more or less thickly vermiculated with black. 



Adult male. Total length 9 inches, wing 5-3, tail 2-2, tarsus 1-8, 

 middle toe and claw 1"95. 



Adult female. Total length 8 inches, wing 5, tail 2, tarsus 1-65, 

 middle toe and claw 1'75. 



In what appears to be the oldest male example the chin is black 

 and only a small triangular patch of white remains on the middle 

 of the throat, whilst the hidden white bars on the breast-feathers 

 are nearly obsolete. 



Hab, Costa Eica and Veragua. 



a. Ad. sk. Dota, Costa Rica (J. Carmiol). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b. S ad. St. Veragua (Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. 2 ad. sk. Cordillera de Tole, Veragua Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Arce). (Type of species.) 



d,e. cJad. etpull. Calovevora, Veragua (^rce). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



sk. 



/. S ad. sk. Chitra, Veragua {Arce). Gould Coll. 



