\62 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 
THE LONG-LEGGED COLINS. GENUS RHYNCHORTYX. 
Ahynchortyx, ‘Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 443 
(1893). 
Type, 2. spodiostethus (Salvin). 
Plumage of sexes similiar (?)* No distinct crest. 
First primary flight-feather zz/exrmediate in length between 
the eighth and ninth ; fourth longest. 
Tail composed of ex feathers, less than half the length of 
the wing. 
Tarsus /onger than the middle toe and claw. 
Bill very stout. 
Only two small species are known. 
I. THE LONG-LEGGED COLIN. RHYNCHORTYX SPODIOSTETHUS. 
Odontophorus spodtostethus, Salvin, Ibis, 1878, p. 447. 
Rhynchortyx spodiostethus, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
Xx Ps 442 (1392): 
(Plate XXXIV.) 
Adult.—Crown of head rusty-brown ; mantle dark grey, edged 
with reddish-brown ; lower back and rump thickly mottled 
with grey; shoulder-feathers brown with chestnut margins ; 
wing-coverts greyish-brown mixed with buff and blotched with 
black ; forehead, eyebrow-stripes, sides of head, and throat 
bright rust-red ; middle of chin and throat zz¢tish ,; neck, chest, 
and sides of breast, dark-grey, shading into buff on the middle 
of the breast and belly. Total length, 7°5 inches; wing, 4°9; 
fail, 1-3); tarsus..1°4; middle toe and claw, a 15. 
Range.—Central America ; Panama. 
Il. THE CHESTNUT-ZONED LONG-LEGGED COLIN. RHYN- 
CHORTYX CINCTUS. 
Odontophorus cinctus, Salvin, Ibis, 1876, p. 397; Rowley, Orn. 
Mise. ili. p. 39, pl. Ixxxvi. (1878). 
* No specimens in which the sex has been ascertained have been ex- 
amined. 
