158 Lloyd's natural history. 



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. 



Range. — Western South America ; Ecuador. 



VIII. THE BLACK-BREASTED PARTRIDGE. ODONTOPHORUS 



LEUCOL^MUS. 



Odontophorus hiicol(E77ius^ Salvin, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 161 ; 



Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 438 (1893). 



^FlaU XXX /I/a.) 



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 and breast 



black ; the middle of the throat 7vhite ; the rest of the under 



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



7nale : Total length, 9 inches; wing, 5*3; tail, 2*2; tarsus, 



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



Range. — Central America ; Costa Rica and Veragua. 

 B. Chest and breast spotted with white. 



IX. THE STARRED PARTRIDGE. ODONTOPHORUS STELLATUS. 



Ortyx {Odontophorus) stetlata, Gould, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 183. 

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

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



(1893)- 

 Adult Male. — Above very similar to (9. guianefisis, but the 

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

 and throat grey; under-parts deep brick-red; the sides of the 

 chest and breast with diamond-shaped white spots sometimes 

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

 27; tarsus, 1*5 ; middle toe and claw, 1*6. 



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

 part of the crest deep l^rownish-black. Rather smaller. 



