132 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 
white spots... Total length) 8°5 ‘inches; wing, 3°9 , vail) 2:55 
tarsus, 1; middle toe and claw, 1°15. 
Adult Female.—Similar to the female of Z. sozzintz. 
Range.— United States of Colombia. 
VI. LEYLAND’S CRESTED QUAIL. EUPSYCHORTYX LEYLANDI. 
Oriyx leylandt, Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 62. 
Lupsychortyx leucofrenatus, Elliot, Ann. Lyc. N. York, vii. p. 
106, pl. 3 (1860). 
Eupsychortyx leylandt, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. 
p. 411 (1893). 
Adult Male——Chin and throat d/ack,; as in the two last- 
mentioned species, the chest vinaceous, indistinctly mottled 
with dusky, and with a few white spots ; mantle dark grey, 
coarsely mottled and marked with black. Total length, 8°4 
inches; wing, 4°1; tail, 2°4; tarsus, 1:1; middle toe and 
claw, 1°3. 
Adult Female-—Closely resembles the females of the last two 
species, but the chest? is like that of the male, only more spotted ; 
the eyebrow-stripes broad and pure yellowish-buff ; the throat 
buff, the outer feathers slightly edged with black, and the 
upper-parts more coarsely marked with black. 
Range-——Central America; Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa 
Rica. 
Habits M. Boucard met with this species in the valley of 
San José, Costa Rica, and found it common in the coffee- 
plantations during the rainy season, from May to December, 
but rare in the other months, when it disappeared completely 
from the valley. He also met with small coveys in the plains, 
and observes that they can run extremely fast. 
Mr. G. C. Taylor frequently saw coveys of these birds in 
Honduras, especially on the high ground near Comayagua. 
They were usually lying in long grass, and, when disturbed, used 
