1920 J Todd, The Genus Eupsychortyx. Z15 



Coturnix cristata Bonnaterre, Tabl. Enc. et Meth., I, 1791, 222, pi. 96, 

 fig. 4 (descr. ; range; references). 



Ortyx temminkii Stephens, in Shaw's Gen. Zool., XI, 1819, 381 ("Mexico"; 

 descr.; references). 



Ortyx neoxenus Vigors, Proc. Com. Sci. and Cor. Zool. Soc. London, I, 

 1830, 3 (orig. descr.; no locality specified). — (?) Audubon, Syn. Birds 

 N. Am., 1839, 200 ("California" [error]; descr.; references). — Bolle, 

 Journ. f. Orn., IV, 1856, 167 ("Trinidad" [error]). 



Ortyx cristata Lesson, 111. Zool., I, 1831, text to pi. 52 ("Mexico"; diag.). 

 — Jardine and Selby, 111. Orn., 1828, I, text to pi. 38 (diag.; range; 

 references). 



Ortyx cristatus Gray, List Spec. Birds Brit. Mus., Ill, 1844, 44 ("S. Am."; 

 references). — Gray, Gen. Birds, III, 1846, 514 (in list of species; refer- 

 ences). — Gray, List Spec. Birds Brit. Mus., V, 1867, 76 ("South Amer- 

 ica"; references) .—von Pelzeln, Ibis, 1873, 36 (Latham's reference). 



(?)Perdix neoxenus Audubon, Birds Am., IV, 1838, pi. 423. — Audubon, 

 Orn. Biog., V, 1849, 228 ("Northwest coast of America" [error]; descr.). 



Eupsychortyx cristatus Gould, Mon. Odontophorinse, 1850, pi. 9 and 

 text, excl. syn. part (descr.; syn.; crit.).— Garrod, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 London, 1873, 468 (carotid artery); 1873, 640 (muscles).— Giebel, 

 Thes. Orn., II, 1875, 142 (Gould's reference).— Cooper, Bull. Nuttall 

 Orn. Club, II, 1877, 95 (syn.). — von Berlepsch, Journ. f. Orn., XL, 

 1892, 68 et seq., 98-100, 102 (Savonet, Curacao; crit.).— Ogilvie- 

 Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XXII, 1893, 407 (syn.; descr.; range).— 

 Hartert, Ibis, 1893, 305 (Aruba; crit.), 325 (Curacao), 338 (range).— 

 Robinson, A Flying Trip to the Tropics, 1895, 164 (Curacao). — Ogil- 

 vie-Grant, Hand-Book Game-Birds, II, 1897, 128 (syn.; descr.; range; 

 habits). — Sharpe, Hand-List Birds, I, 1899, 45 (Curacao and Aruba, 

 in range). — Dubois, Syn. Avium, II, 1902, 819 (references; range). — 

 Hartert, Nov. Zool., IX, 1902, 306 (Aruba and Curacao).— Faxon, 

 Auk, XX, 1903, 239 (syn.).— Cory, Field Mus. Orn. Series, I, 1909, 

 198 (Aruba), 204 (Curacao). 



Eupsichortyx cristata Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., XLII, 1856, 883 (in 

 list of species). 



Ortyx sp. Peters, Journ. f. Orn., XL, 1892, 114 (Curacao). 



Eupsychortyx gouldi von Berlepsch, Journ. f. Orn., XL, 1892, 100, in 

 text (Curacao; provisional new name). — Hartert, Ibis, 1893, 305 

 (crit.). 



Eupsychortyx cristatus continentis Cory, Field Mus. Orn. Series, I, 1913, 

 283 (El Panorama, Rio Aurare, Venezuela; orig. descr.; type in coll. 

 Field Mus. Nat. Hist.). 

 Description. — Male: forehead, middle of crown, and crest buffy white, 



sometimes with a tinge of ochraceous; broad superciliaries, beginning 



above the eye, and malar stripe (sometimes obsolete) black, contrasting 



with the silky white auriculars, and terminating posteriorly in an area 



