296 PHASIAyiD.i:- 



Eupsychortyx leylandi, Grant, CatWirds Brit- Mus. xxii. p. 411"; Handb. Game-Birds, ii. p- 132"; 



Underwood, Ibis, 1896, p. 449". 

 Eupsychortyx leucofrenatus , Elliot, Ann. Lye. K. York, vii. p. 106, t. 3 '*. 



E. leucopogoni similis, sed saturatior ; pileo brunneo, regione parotica Digricante, fascia postooulari et altera 

 suboculari ochraceis ; gutture nigro, et corpore subtus Tinaceo-brunneo, albo ocellato distiognendas. Long, 

 tota circa 8-0, alae 4-4, caudae 2-0, culm. 0'6, tarsi 1-1. 



2 E. leucopogoni 2 similis, sed saturatior, notaso maculis majoribus nigris notato ; pileo et crista nigricanti- 

 bmnneis, nucha rufescente ; loris et superciUo lato ochraceis, snpeme nigro marginatis ; regione paroticti 

 saturate brunnea ; collo lateraK et postico albo nigroque conspicue maculate ; genis et gula ochraceis ; 

 gutture imo et praepectore Tinaceo-brunneis, maculis albis lugro circumdatis ocellatia ; pectore et abdomine 

 albis ; corporis lateribus albo Digroque ocellatis, plumis medialiter vinaceo-brunneis, quasi late longitudi- 

 naliter striatis. Long, tota circa 8'0, alae 4'2. (Descr. maris et feminae ex Chinandega. ilus. nostr.) 



Bab. HoxDUKAS {Edwards i*), between Oraoa and Comayagua {Leyland ^ 2, Taylor ^j, 

 Paraiso, Jalapa, near the frontier of Honduras {Bichardson) ; Nicasagua, Sucuya 

 {Nutting ''), Ocotal, Matagalpa, Chinandega {Richardson ") ; Costa Rica {Endres ", 

 Carmiol ^^, Bow ^i, Zeledon ^), Heredia and Barba {v. Frantzius ^), San Jose 

 {Carmiol^^^, Boucard^, Zeledon^, Cherrie^% Barranca {Carmiol^), Alajuela 

 {Zeledon^), Irazu district {Bogers^^), Miravalles ^^^ Estrella {Underwood in 

 liU.). 



E. leylandi is a much darker bird than E. leucopogon and shows no chestnut on the 

 face and throat. The throat is black, like the ear-coverts, and there are two bands 

 of ochraceous buff on the sides of the head, one running from above the eye to above 

 the end of the ear-coverts, and the other extending from below the latter over the 

 hinder cheeks. The under surface of the body is dark vinaceous-brown, not rufous, 

 and is plentifully ocellated with white spots as in the other members of the genus. 

 The female has the throat, sides of face, and eyebrow of an ochraceous-buff colour. 



Mr. Elliot 13 has described a bird from Honduras as E. leucofrenatus, on account of 

 the white eyebrow and cheek-stripe. In our collection we have a specimen from Ocotal, 

 Nicaragua, and we agree with Mr. Ogilvie Grant that this is an immature bird of 

 E. leylandi. The throat is rufous, mottled with black spots, as if it would ultimately 

 become quite black. 



In habits this bird appears to resemble the common Virginian Quail. According 

 to von Frantzius s, it is known in Costa Rica as, the « Perdiz," and is found in the open 

 country in the neighbourhood of thick underwood and cover, as well as in the coffee- 

 plantations and maize-fields. Associating in flocks of from fifteen to twenty individuals, 

 M. Boucardfi found it common in the Valley of San Jose during the rainy season from 

 May to December, after which it entirely disappeared. 



Mr. G. C. Taylor 3 frequently met with coveys of these birds in Honduras, especially 

 on the high ground near Comayagua. They were usually lying in long grass, and 

 when disturbed flew for shelter to the thick bushes. Without a dog they werL difficult 

 to flush and not easily seen when on the wing, while the ground they frequented was 

 so full of ticks ("garrapatas") as to destroy all keenness in pursuing them. 



