142 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 
other. ‘Their flesh is good, and, considering the size of the 
birds, there isa wonderful amount of meat on them. ‘The male 
bird takes part in hatching the eggs, and should the first brood 
fail, a second set of eggs is laid. As in all species of this order, 
the newly-hatched young run about as soon as they are dry. 
The “ Codorniz” is caught in traps, and can be easily kept in 
a cage, but when in captivity their feathers in time become very 
rough. Dr. Gundlach had no experience of their nesting in 
cages or aviaries, but had seen a hen take to a newly-hatched 
chicken and rear it. 
Nest.— Built between the middle of April and July. A hol- 
low in the ground lined with a few dry grasses, &c., and shel- 
tered by projecting plants. 
Eggs.—Ten to eighteen in number; white. Measurements, 
12 by © Inch.: 
lll. THE BLACK-BREASTED COLIN. ORTYX PECTORALIS. 
Ortyx pectoralss, Gould; P. Z..S. 1843, p 1825 id. Monoere 
Odontoph. pt. iii. pl. 5. (1850); Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. 
Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 421 (1893). 
Adult Male. —-Throat white, surrounded by a black band 
which extends over the upper part of the chest; wpper-parts 
much like those of O. ‘fexanus ; underparts uniform pale 
rufous-chestnut. Total length, 7°7 inches; wing, 4; tail, 2-1; 
tarsus, 1'1 ; middle toe and claw, 1°25. 
Adult Female—Most like the female of O. zexanus, but the 
upper-parts are darker and browner, and the black markings 
on the under-parts Zeavier. Measurements as in the male. 
Range.—Vera Cruz, Eastern Mexico. 
IV, GRAYSON’S COLIN.. ORTYX GRAYSONI. 
Ortyx graysont, Lawrence, Ann. Lyc. N. York, viil. p. 276 
(1867); Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B.- Brit. Mus. xxi. p, 422 
(1893). 
(Plate XXXII) 
