132 Allen's naturalist's library. 



white spots. Total length, 8*5 inches; wing, 3-9; tail, 2*5; 

 tarsus, I ; middle toe and claw, 1-15. 



Adult Female. — Similar to the female of ^. sonninii. 



Range.— United States of Colombia. 



VI. leyland's crested quail, eupsyciiortyx leylandi. 



Ortyx leylandi^ Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, p, 62. 



Eupsychortyx leucofrenatus^ Elliot, Ann. Lye. N. York, vii. p. 



106, pi. 3 (i860). 

 Eupsychortyx leylandi, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. jMus. xxii. 



p. 411 (1893). 



Adult Male. — Chin and throat black; as in the two last- 

 mentioned species, the chest vinaceous, indistinctly mottled 

 with dusky, and with a few white spots ; mantle dark grey, 

 coarsely mottled and marked with black. Total length, 8*4 

 inches; wing, 4*1; tail, 2*4; tarsus, I'l ; middle toe and 

 claw, 1*3. 



Adult Fein-ile. — Closely resembles the females of the last two 

 species, but the chest is like that of the male, only more spotted ; 

 the eyebrow-stripes broad and pure yelloivish-buff ; the throat 

 buff, the outer feathers slightly edged with black, and the 

 upper-parts more coarsely marked with black. 



Eange. — Central America; Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa 

 Rica. 



Habits. — M. Boucard met with this species in the valley of 

 San Jose, Costa Rica, and found it common in the coffee- 

 plantations during the rainy season, from May to December, 

 but rare in the other months, when it disappeared completely 

 from the valley. He also met with small coveys in the plains, 

 and observes that they can run extremely fast. 



Mr. G. C. Taylor frequently saw coveys of these birds in 

 Honduras, especially on the high ground near Comayagua. 

 They were usually lying in long grass, and, when distuibed, used 



