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JxLUKje in Bntisli Guiana. Tukutu Mountains, Ahiry River, 

 and Great Savannas (^McConnell collodion); Quonga ( ir/uVt'/y) ; 

 Cotinga Hiver, Rupununi Savannas (Jh'oioi). 



Extralimital Range. North Brazil and Venezuela. 



Habits. Schoniburgk remarks (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 747): — This 

 beautiful bird inhabits the Savanna in British Guiana only, where 

 I found tliera in flocks from twelve to eiohteen on the edges of 

 the oasis, never venturing more than sixteen to twenty yards out 

 into the open Savanna. As soon as they saw danger they 

 immediately ran, or flew, back to the oasis. They are said to lay 

 their eggs on the ground. I have never seen them sitting on 

 bushes. Their flesh is excellent. The ^'Macusis" and the 

 "■ Arekunas " call it Tsackih, and the " Warraus " Behesurae. 



Mr. Barrington Brown, w^hen on the Cotinga River, states that 

 (Canoe and (Vamp Life, p. 268) "Small coveys of Quail (Ort//,v 

 cristatus) frequent these savannas, which are most delicious 

 eating when roasted on a stick over the fire." 



Genus ODONTOPHORUS Vieill. 



Odontoplwrus Vieillot, Anal. nouv. Orn. p. 51, 1S16. Type O. guian- 

 eiisis (Gmel.). 



In this genus the sexes are almost alike. The first primary is 

 longer than the ninth and a little shorter than the tenth; the 

 fourth or fifth being the longest. The tarsus is about equal to 

 tlie middle toe and claw. The wing is more than twice the lengtli 

 of the tail. 



10. Odontophorus guianensis. 



Guiana Partridge. 



Odonfophonts rjitianennis (Gmel.), Syst. Nat. i. p. 7G7, 1789 (Cayenne) ; 

 Cab. in Seliomb. Kcis. Guian. iii. p. 747, 1848 ; Brown, Canoe and 

 Camp Life, p. 371, 187G (Wahnianu Mountains); Salvin, Ibis, 

 1886, p. 175 (Merume Mountains, Bartica Grove, Caniacusa) ; 

 Ogilvic-(Jli-ant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 432, 1893 ; Lloyd, Tinielu-j 

 (2) xi. p. 2, 1897 ; Beel)e, Our Searcli for a Wilderness, np. 340, 

 341, 1910 (Aremu River) ; Bralx)urne & Chubb, B. S. Amcr."i. p. 13, 

 no. 130, 1912. 



" Duraquara " (TAoi/d S,- Bvoion) j " Douraquava " ( Beehe) ; 

 "Guiana (^uiiP' {Bcche). 



Achdt male. Upper surface black finely freckled with grey on 

 tliu mantle and wilh rufous brown on Die lower back, upper 

 iail-coverts, and lail. more coar,-<'Iy maiked with buff and while on 







