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nlgro-marginalis; reinigibus fuscis, albido-linibalis; fronle et capitis la- 

 teribus aibido nigroque variis; macula magna a meiito ad peclus usque 

 extensa circumscripte nigra; colli et pectoris lateribus laefe auranliaco- 

 rufis; corpore inferiore reliquo lateraliter cinerascente, medio albo; crisso 

 et subeaudalibus dilute rufulis: Cauda cinerascente et rufescente vermi- 

 culata; rostro pallido; pedibus flavidis. Long. tot. circa 6", rostr. a 

 fr. 4' V", al. 2" 11'", tars. 9'". 



Syn. Colurnix madagascariensis Briss. Ornith I. p. 252, pi. 24, 

 fig. 2. — Tetrao nigricoUis Gm. — Hemipodins nigricoUis Temm. 

 Gallin. III. p. 619. PI. enl. 171. — Black-necked Quail Lath. Gen- 

 Hist. Vin. p. 339. — Sganzin, 1. c. p. 38. 



Unsere Beschreibung und Messung nach einem Exemplare der 

 Slutlgarter-Sammlung. Einer der gewohnlichslen Madagascarvogel in 

 Museen. 



Pterocles Temm. 



1. P. personatus Gould. Faie usque ad oculos holosericeo-niger- 

 rima ; capite reliquo, collo pectoreque arenaceii-cervinis, basi colli vi- 

 naceo-tincta; dorso vinoso-l'usco; alls fulvescenlibus, tectricum apicibus 

 fusco-lrifascialis: remigibiis primariis et secundariis obscure fuscis, his 

 dimidio basali marginiim e.xlernorum fulvo-nclalis ; urupygio plumis et 

 teclricibus caudae superioribus pallide fuscis. notis irregularibus cervinis; 

 rectricibus obscure fuscis, fulvo irregulariler fuscialis, apice late albis; 

 subeaudalibus arenaceo-fulvis; rostro nigro. Long. 13", rostr. "/g", iX- 

 S',", caud 4", tars. 1". 



Foem. facie nigra caret. 



Syn. Pterocles personatus Gould, Proc. Zool Soc 1813, p. 15. 

 — Id. Zool. Sulph. Birds, pi. 30 p. 49. 



Nur iin Britischen Museo in London. ^Abundant in the scrubby 

 groves of Pandanus skirting a portion of Mojambo-Bay." 

 G lareol a Briss. 



1. Geo/froyi Puclier. Pileo fusco-nigricanic; collo poslico dorso 

 alarumquc teclricibus fuscis, nilore olivascente; remigibus majoribus 

 nigris, inlus pallidioribus; collo et Ihorace griseo-olivascentibus, mento 

 albieante; abdomine subalaribusque rufescenlibus; abdomine imo teclrici- 

 cibunque caudae superioribus et infcrioribus albis; caudu bifurcala; rec- 

 tricibus albis, dimidio apicali nigris, nigredim; versus nieilium caudae 

 increeccnte ; linea augusta ad ma.xillae basin orta et per 

 oculum ducia alba; rostro brevi , basi rubenlc; alls longissimis, 

 rectrices exlinias lunge superantibus. Long, ab apice ro&tr. ad ap. 



