442 PHASIANID^. 



the inner webs of the quiPs mottled with rufous ; the throat 

 blackish brown, with paler shafts, and the rest of the underparts 

 dark chestnut, the diamond-shaped white black-edged spots being 

 large and conspicuous, especially on the sides and flanks. Bill, 

 legs, and feet lead-colour ; iris hazel. Total length 10'5 inches, 

 wing 5"8, tail 2-7, tarsus 1-S, middle toe and claw 2. 

 Hah. Peru and Bolivia. 



a. Ad. sk. Cocapata, Cocabamha, Bolivia. T. C. Bridges, Esq. [C.]. 



(Type of the species.) 



b. Ad. sk. Huasampilla, Peru, March (H. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Whitely). 



13. Odontophorus strophium. 



Ortyx (Odontophorus) strophium, Gould, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 184 



[Southern Countries of Mexico !]. 

 Odontophorus strophium, Gould, Monoc/r. Odontoph. pt. i. pi. 31 



(1844) ; Gi-m/, List Gallincs Brit. Mm. p. 72 (1867) ; id. Hand-l, 



^.ii. p. 272(1870). 

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



Adult male\^']. Top of the head deep brown; nape very deep 

 chestnut ; mantle reddish brown, with narrow whitish shaft-stripes ; 

 outer primaries uniform dark brown on both webs, otherwise the 

 plumage of the upper parts is very similar to that of 0. c/uianensis 

 and the other previously described species ; superciliary stripe, chin, 

 and bands along the side of the throat mottled with black and white ; 

 a black band from the angle of the gape passes below the eye, across 

 the ear-coverts, and down the sides of the neck ; throat black, 

 margined below by a wide white band across the fore part of the 

 neck, which in turn is succeeded by a black band ; the chest, 

 breast, sides, and flanks rufous chestnut, shading into rufous buff 

 on the middle of the belly, all the feathers with subterminal white 

 shaft-spots. Total length lO'o inches, wing 5-8, tail 2-5, tarsus 2, 

 middle toe and claw 2-1. 



The immature bird differs from the above in having the chest, 

 breast, and underparts largely mixed with brownish grey, and the 

 white spots represented only by a few narrow shaft-stripes on the 

 sides of the chest and breast. 



Hah. U.S. of Colombia. 



a. Ad. sk. [U.S. of Colombia.] Gould Coll. (Type 



of species.) 



b. Ad. sk. Sta. Fe de Bogota. E. Wilson, Esq. [P.]. 



c. Imm. sk. Sta. Fe de Bogota. Gould Coll. 



14. Odontophorus columbianus. 



Odontophorus columbianus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 94 [Caracas] ; 



id. Monogr. Odontoph. pt. iii. pi. 30 (1850). 

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



Adult. Head and upper parts very similar to those of 0. stro- 



