THE CRESTED QUAILS. 13a 
edged spots on one or both margins of the chest-feathers, but 
these are mostly hidden). Total length, 8°5 inches; wing, 
AEetal 2:65 tarsus, 1°15 ; middle toe and claw, £73; 
Adult Female—Much like the female of 2. Zeucopogon, but 
with the eyebrow-stripes and cheeks marked with ovange-rufous, 
and much brighter ; the general colour of the under-parts fader, 
and the black markings /ess 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 CUMANA CRESTED QUAIL. EUPSYCHORTYX 
MOCQUERYSI. 
Eupsychortyx mocquerysi, Hartert, Bull. B. O. C. no. iii. p. 
37 (1894); id. Ibis, 1894, p. 430; id. Novit. Zool. i. pl. 
Bava MS. 2 
Adult.—Differs from £. sonziniz in the following points :— 
The throat is white all along the middle, most of the feathers 
showing distinct narrow cross-bars of black. Zhe breast ts 
uniform Vinaceous-cinnamon, 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°1-4°25; tail, 2°6; tarsus, 1°1; middle toe 
and claw, 1°35. 
Range.—Cumana, on the north coast of Venezuela. 
V. THE SHORT-CRESTED QUAIL. EUPSYCHORTYX 
PARVICRISTATUS. 
Oriyx parvicristatus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 106. 
Lupsychortyx parvicristatus, Gould, Monogr. Odontoph. pt. ii. 
pl. 12 (1846); Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxin. -p. 
410 (1893). 
Adult Male.—Like the male of Z. sonninii but 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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