THE CRESTED QUAILS. I31 



edged spots on one or both margins of the chest-feathers, but 

 these are mostly hidden). Total length, 8'5 inches; wing, 

 4*1 ; tail, 2 "6 ; tarsus, i'i5 ; middle toe and claw, 1*3. 



Adult Pemale. — Much like the female of Jl. leiicopo^^on^ but 

 with the eyebrow-stripes and cheeks marked with o?'a?ige-7'2ifous, 

 and much brighter ; the general colour of the under-parts paler ^ 

 and the black markings less coarse. 



Range. — North of South America, extending south to the Rio 

 Branco, east to British Guiana, and west to Caracas, Vene- 

 zuela. Introduced into St. Thomas, West Indies. 



IV. THE CUiMANA CRESTED QUAIL. EUPSYCHORTYX 

 MOCQUERYSI. 



Eicpsychortyx mocquerysi^ Hartert, Bull. B. O. C. no. iii. p. 

 37 (1894); id. Ibis, 1894, p. 430; id. Novit. Zool. i. pi. 

 XV. fig. 2. 



Adult. — Differs from E. sonninii in the following points : — 

 The throat is white all along the middle, most of the feathers 

 showing distinct narrow cross-bars of black. The breast is 

 ujiiforni vi7iaceoiis-cin?iamon, except on the lower part ; the belly 

 and sides of the body are similarly coloured, but varied with 

 large white spots bordered with black. Total length, 9 

 inches; wing, 4*i-4'25; tail, 2-6; tarsus, i"i; middle toe 

 and claw, i'35. 



Eange. — Cumana, on the north coast of Venezuela. 



V. THE SHORT-CRESTF.D QUAIL. EUPSYCHORTYX 

 PARVICRISTATUS. 



Ortyx parvicristatus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 106. 



Eupsychortyx parvicristaius^ Gould, Monogr. Odontoph. pt. ii. 



pi. 12 (1846); Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. IMus. xxii. p. 



410 (1893). 



Adult Male. — Like the male oi E. sonTii?tiih\\\. the crest is short 



and dark brown ; the ear-coverts dark brown ; the chest pale 



chestnut; the breast and belly rufous-chestnut, with fewer 



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