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Tucurrique, Costa Rica) ; Handb. Game Birds, ii, 1897, ISS, part (Nicaragua and 

 Costa Rica).— Underwood, Ibis, 1896, 449 (Volcan de Miravalles, Costa Rica).— 

 Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, iii, 1903, 310, pi. 73, part 

 (Chontales and Rio Escondido, Nicaragua; Tucurrique, Dota, Cerro de la 

 Candelaria, Miravalles, and Jimenez, Costa Rica). — Caeriker, Ann. Carnegie 

 Mus., vi, 1910, 387 (Bonilla, Talamanca, Jimenez, Carillo, Tenorio, Guapiles, 

 Guacimo, Cuabre, Rio Sicsola, and El Hogar, Costa Rica; crit. ; habits). 



[Odontophorm] melanotis Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 272, No. 9767, part (Costa Rica). 

 — ScLATER and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 138, part (Nicaragua, Costa 

 Rica) .— Sharpe, Hand-list, i, 1899, 47, part (Nicaragua, Costa Rica) . 



Odontophorus melanotus Zeled6n, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, 1885, 112 (Costa 

 Rica). 



Odontophorus melanotis meloMotis Huber, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 

 Ixxxiv, 1932, 207 (ne. Nicaragua; Great Falls of Pis Pis River, and between 

 Eden and Miranda; spec; descr. of young). 



Odontophorus erythrops melanotis Peters, Check-list Birds of World, ii, 1934, S3 

 (Nicaragua; n. and e. Costa Rica). — Hellmayr and Conover, Cat. Birds Amer., 

 i, No. 1, 1942, 268 (syn.; distr.).— Wetmore, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xcv, 1944, 

 38 (Hda. Santa Maria, n. Guanacaste, Costa Rica). 



Odontophorus erythrops coloratus (not of Griscom) Hellmayr and Conover, Cat. 

 Birds Amer., i. No. 1, 1942, 269, part (Talamanca, sw. Costa Rica). 



ODONTOPHORUS ERYTHROPS COLORATUS Griscom 



Veraguan Wood Quail 



Adult male. — Very similar to that of Odontophorus erythrops melanotis 

 but with the posterior part of the occipital crest brighter, less dusky, 

 uniform with the anterior part, and with the interscapulars and upper 

 back slightly darker. 



Adult jemale. — Not certainly distinguishable from that of 0. e. 

 melanotis. 



Adult male.— Wing 141-143.5 (142.1) ; tail 56-59 (57.8) ; culmen from 

 base 21.2-21.4 (21.3) ; tarsus 45.9-49 (47) ; middle toe without claw 

 35.7-38.5 (37.1 mm.).«2 



Adult female.— Wing 139-150 (142) ; tail 50-56 (54.3) ; culmen from 

 base 19.3-21.3 (20.3) ; tarsus 43^7.1 (44.9) ; middle toe without claw 

 35-37.3 (36.2mm.).«s 



RoMge. — Resident in the tropical forest of Panama. 



Type locality. — Guaval, Rio Calovevora, western Veraguas. 



Odontophorus melanotis (not of Salvin) Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1867, 161 

 (Santiago de Veraguas, w. Panama).— Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 xxii, 1893, 435, part (Veraguas, w. Panama). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.- 

 Amer. Aves., iii, 1903, 310, part (Santiago de Veraguas). 



[Odontophorus] melanotis Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 272, No. 9767, part (Panama).— 

 Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 138, part (Veraguas) .—Sharpe, 

 Hand-list, i, 1899, 47, part (Veraguas). 



" Three specimens from Panama. 

 " Six specimens from Panama. 



