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Type locality. — ^Jalapa, Nicaragua. 



Dendrortyx leucophrys (not of Gould) Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Amer., 

 Aves, iii, 1903, 289, part (Panajachel, Solola, Pacific Cordillera of Guatemala). 



Dendrortyx leucophrys leucophrys Hellmayr and Conover, Cat. Birds Amer., i, 

 No. 1, 1942, 227 part (syn. ; distr. ; Honduras, Nicaragua). 



Dendrortyx leucophrys nicaraguae Peters, Check-list Birds of World, ii, 1934, 43. — 

 Dickey and van Rossem, Birds El Salvador, 1938, 1S6 (El Salvador— Volcan 

 de San Miguel, Mount Cacaguatique, and Los Esesmiles ; spec. ; habits ; colors 

 of soft parts; crit.). — Wetmore, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Ixxxix, 1941, S34 

 (Sierra Santa Elena, west-central Guatemala; spec; crit.). — Hellmayr and 

 CoNOVER, Cat. Birds Amer., i. No. 1, 1942, 227 (syn.; distr.). 



Dendrortyx leucophrys nicaraguce Miller and Griscom, Amer. Mus. Nov. No. 183, 

 1925, 1 (Jalapa, Nicaragua, alt. 4,000 feet; type in Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist.).— 

 Griscom, Ibis, 1935, 549 (Panajachel, Solola, Pacific Cordillera of Guatemala; 

 crit.). 



Dendrortyx ([eucophrys] nicaragna: Miller and Griscom, Amer. Mus. Nov., No. 

 183, 1925,2 (Jalapa). 



DENDRORTYX LEUCOPHRYS HYPOSPODIUS Salvin 



Costa Rican Long-tailed Partridge 



Adult. — Similar to that of D. leucophrys nicaraguae but with the 

 median streaks on the feathers of the lovi^er throat and breast much 

 darker — dark bay edged broadly with black; the streaks thinning out to 

 narrow blackish shaft lines on the feathers of the abdomen, only the 

 feathers of the sides and flanks with tawny to ochraceous-tawny shaft 

 streaks ; and the gray tone of the underparts generally darker — neutral 

 gray to deep neutral gray. 



First winter plumage. — Similar to that of D. leucophrys nicaraguae but 

 generally darker and without the tawny shaft stripes on the feathers 

 of the sides and abdomen, the median stripes on the breast feathers nar- 

 rower and darker — dark bay narrowly edged with black. 



Other plumages apparently unknown. 



Adult male.— Wing 149.9-160 (152.4) ; tail 132.4-145 (137.8) ; culmen 

 from the base 19.1-20.3 (19.9) ; tarsus 51.7-55 (53) ; middle toe without 

 claw 41.1-41.5 (41.2 mm.).=«' 



Adult jemmle.—Wmg 143-153 (147.1) ; tail 116-157 (132.5) ; culmen 

 from base 19.9-20.9 (20.4) ; tarsus 50.3-51.8 (50.9) ; middle toe without 

 claw 39.9-40.4 (40.1 mm.)." 



Range. — Resident in the higher mountains of Costa Rica (Alajuela, 

 Azahar de Cartago, Dota, Estrella de Cartago, La Palma de San Jose, 

 Las Cruces de Candelaria, Poas, Volcan de Irazu, Agua Caliente, Pacaca, 

 Navarro). 



Type locality. — Azahar de Cartago, Costa Rica. 



' Six specimens. 

 ' Five specimens. 



