158 Allen's naturalist's lil!Rar\'. 



in the only examples I have examined, the sex had not been 

 ascertained, so it is uncertain if the male and female differ in 

 plumage. 



Eange. — Western South America ; Ecuador. 



VIIL TPIE BLACK-BREASTED PARTRIDGE. ODONTOPIIORUS 

 LEUCOL^MUS. 



Odoiitophorus leucohEmus, Salvin, P. Z. S. 1067, p. 161 ; 

 Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 43S (1893). 



Adult Male and Female, — Easily distinguished from the last 

 species and those previously described by having the forehead, 

 sides of the head and throat, as well as the chest a?id breast 

 black ; the middle of the throat while ; the rest of the under 

 parts rich rufous-brown mixed with black on the belly. In 

 male: Total length, 9 inches; wing, 5-3; tail, 2-2; tarsus, 

 I -8 ; middle toe and claw, 1-95. Female, rather smaller. 



Rauge. — Central America ; Costa Rica and Veragua. 



B. Chest and breast spotted with white. 



IX. THE STARRED PARTRIDGE. ODOXTOPHORUS STELLATUS. 



Ortyx {OdontopJiorus) stellata, Gould, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 1S3. 

 Odontophorus stetlatus, Gould, Monogr. Odontoph. pt. ii. pi. 

 27 (1846); Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 439 



(i893)- 



Adult IiIalG. — Above very similar to O. guiane/isis, but the 

 crest is longer and the hinder part bright rufous-chestinit ; chin 

 and throat grey ; under-parts deep brick-7'ed; the sides of the 

 chest and breast with diamond-shaped ivhite spots sometimes 

 edged with black. Total length, 10*5 inches; wing, 5-5 ; tail, 

 2'7 ; tarsus, i"5; middle toe and claw, i-6. 



Adult Female. — Differs from the male in having the hinder 

 part of the crest deep brownish-black. Rather smaller. 



