142 Lloyd's natural history. 



other. Their flesh is good, and, considering the size of the 

 birds, there is a wonderful amount of meat on them. The male 

 bird takes part in hatching the eggs, and should the first brood 

 fail, a second set of eggs is laid. As in all species of this order, 

 the newly-hatched young run about as soon as they are dry. 



The " Codorniz " is caught in traps, and can be easily kept in 

 a cage, but when in captivity their feathers in time become very 

 rough. Dr. Gundlach had no experience of their nesting in 

 cages or aviaries, but had seen a hen take to a newly-hatched 

 chicken and rear it. 



Nest. — Built between the middle of April and July. A hol- 

 low in the ground lined with a few dry grasses, &c., and shel- 

 tered by projecting plants. 



■Eggs. — Ten to eighteen in number ; white. Measurements, 

 1*2 by I inch. 



in. THE BLACK-CREASIED COLIN. ORTYX PECTORALIS. 



Ortyx pcdoralis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1841, p. 182; id. Monogr. 

 Odontoph. pt. iii. pi. 5. (1850); Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 421 (1893). 



Adult Male. —Throat white, surrounded by a black band 

 which extends over the tipper part of the chest ; upper-parts 

 iPiUch like those of O. texanus ; tmder-parts uniform pale 

 rufous-chestnut. Total length, 77 inches; wing, 4 ; tail, 2-1; 

 tarsus, IT ; middle toe and claw, i'2^. 



Adult Pemale. — Most like the female of O. texanus, but the 

 upper-parts are darker and browner, and the black ma7'king5 

 on the under-parts heavier. Measurements as in the male. 



Range. — Vera Cruz, Eastern Mexico. 



IV. Grayson's colin. ortyx graysoni. 

 Ortyx graysoni., Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y( rk, viii. p. 476 

 (1867); Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 422 



(1893). 



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