ORTYGOSPIZA POLYZONA 155 
Drs. Lorenz and Hellmayr have separated, under the 
name of Aidemosyne orientalis, a supposed eastern race to 
include the Arabian and North-east African specimens. “This 
is not, I think, a recognisable subspecies, but those who 
wish to form their own opinion I would refer to the Ibis for 
£/ 1901, pp. 247, 519, 61%. 
Genus VI. ORTYGOSPIZA. 
Bill moderately stout, culmen rounded and slightly curved, the base 
ending on the forehead in a right angle; nostrils hidden by the frontal 
feathers. Wing rounded; primaries 1 short, narrow and pointed, 2, 3 
and 4 longest. Tail short and rounded. Tarsi moderately long; feet and 
claws slender ; the outstretched feet reaching beyond the end of the tail. 
Type. 
Ortygospiza, Sundey. Cify. K. Vet. Ak. Férk. Stockh. 
SSO OOM erg a ee a) O. polyzona. 
The genus is confined to Tropical and South Africa, and comprises two 
very nearly allied species. It received its Latin name from the general 
Quail-like colouring of the plumage, and the resemblance is somewhat 
enhanced by the short tail. 
KEY TO THE SPECIES. 
a. Some white on the chin and round the eyes. . . . . polyzona. 
b. No white on the chin nor round the eyes, these parts 
DEInCRDIACke werMe EEE ah Gk a) 3 . « « « abrecollzs: 
Ortygospiza polyzona. 
Fringilla polyzona, Temm. Pl. Col. iii. p. 37, pl. 221, fig. 3 (1828). 
Ortygospiza polyzona, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 269 (1890); Shelley, 
B. Afr. I. No. 389 (1896); Reichen. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 202 (1904) ; 
Clarke, Ibis, 1904, p. 524 Ingogo. 
Fringilla multizona, Des Murs, Lefeb. Abyss. 1850, p. 117. 
Adult male. Differs from that of O. atricollis only in having more white 
on the head ; two fairly broad white bands from the nostrils and gape meet 
