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to fly for shelter into the thick bushes. They were difficult to 
raise without a dog, and very difficult to see when on the wing. 
Moreover, the ground they frequented was so full of ticks and 
“garrapatas,” as to destroy all keenness in the pursuit of them. 
In habits this species appears to resemble the common 
Virginian Quail (O. virginianus). 
This beautiful Partridge, called in Costa Rica, “ Perdiz,” is 
often found over the whole plateau in flocks of from fifteen to 
twenty, as well in the open country in the neighbourhood of 
thick underwood, as in the wheat-fields surrounding the 
Heredia and Barbee. (Dr. A. von Franisius.) 
VII. THE BLACK-THROATED CRESTED QUAIL. EUPSYCHORTYX 
NIGROGULARIS. 
Ortyx nigrogularis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 181; id. Monogr. 
Odontoph, pt. i. pl. 4 (1846); G. R. Gray, Gen. B. iii. 
Des £45 pl cxxxii. (1846). 
Colinus nigrogularis segoviensis, Ridgw. P, U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 
593 (1887). 
Eupsychortyx nigrogularis, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
KU, Pp. 412 (1893). 
Adult Male.—Crest moderately developed, drown; eyebrow- 
stripes, chin, and throat d/ack ; a white stripe between the angle 
of the gape and the ear-coverts ; mantle chestnut, most of the 
feathers with a fairly distinct w4Azfe central spot; chest and 
under-parts zw/z¢e, each feather margined with d/ach, except the 
sides and flanks, which are edged with chestnut. Total length, 
8:2 inches ; wing, 4°1 ; tail, 2°3; tarsus, 1°15; middle toe and 
claw, 1°35- 
Adult Female.—Distinguished from the female of Z. sonnintt 
and the allied species by having the eyebrow-stripes and 
throat bright buff, without any trace of black markings. 
Range-—Central America; Yucatan, British Honduras, and 
Honduras, 
