1 62 Allen's naturalist's library. 



THE LONG-LEGGED COLINS. GENUS RHYNCHORTYX. 

 lihynchortyx^ Ogilvie-Cirant, Cat. D. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 443 



(1893). 



Type, R. spodiosictliiis (Salvin). 



Plumage of sexes similiar (P)'-^ No distinct crest. 



First primary flight- feather infermediafe in length between 

 the eighth and ninth ; fourth longest. 



Tail composed of ten feathers, less than half the length of 

 the wing. 



Tarsus longer than the middle toe and claw. 



Bill very stout. 



Only two small species are known. 



L THE LONG-LEGGED COLIN. RHYNCHORTYX SPODIOSTETHUS. 



Odontophorus spodiosiethus, Salvin, Ibis, 1878, p. 447. 

 Rhynchortyx spodiosfethus, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxii. p. 443 (1893). 



{Plate XXXIV.) 



Adult. — Crown of head rusty-brown ; mantle dark grey, edged 

 with reddish-brown ; lower back and rump thickly mottled 

 with grey ; shoulder-feathers brown with chestnut margins ; 

 wing-coverts greyish-brown mixed with buff and blotched with 

 black ; forehead, eyebrow-stripes, sides of head, and throat 

 bright rust-red ; middle of chin and throat ivhitish ; neck, chest, 

 and sides of breast, dark-grey, shading into buff on the middle 

 of the breast and belly. Total length, 7-5 inches ; wing, 4-9; 

 tail, 1-8 ; tarsus, 1-4; middle toe and claw, 1*15. 



Range. — Central America ; Panama. 



IL THE CHESTNUT-ZONED LONG-LEGGED COLIN. RHYN- 

 CHORTYX CINCTUS. 



Odontophoriis ciiidus, Salvin, Ibis, 1876, p. 397 ; Rowley, Orn. 

 Misc. iii. p. 39, pi. Ixxxvi. (1878). 



* No specimens in which the sex has been ascertained have been ex- 

 amined. 



