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3. Cyrtonyx ocellatus. 



Ortyx ocellatus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 75 \ 



Cyrtonyx ocellatus, Gould, Monogr. Odontoph. t. 8 = ; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 226 ' ; Salv. Cat. 



Strickl. Coll. p. 573*; Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 428 = ; Handb. Game-Birds, 



ii. p. 149 '. 



Cyrtonyx sumichrasti, Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Ac. Sci. i. p. 51 ' ; Sumichr. La Nat. v. p. 230 \ 



C. sallcei similis, sed nucha cristata sordide cineracea, notsei striis longitudinalibus rufis, prsepectore medio 

 ochraceo, plumis oastaneo marginatis, bujus lateribus cinereis ochraceo ooellatis ; corpore reliquo subtus 

 leete castaneo, corporis lateribus castaneis, uigro vel scbistaeeo sparsim transfasciatis ; abdomine nigro. 

 Long, tota circa 8-5, alae 5-35, caudae 1-75, culm. 0-65, tarsi 1-25. (Descr. maris adulti ex Quezaltenango. 

 Mus. nostr.) 



2 0. montezumce 2 similis, sed saturatior, et nucha saturate vinacea, nigro fasoiata. Long, tota circa 7-5, 

 alse 4-9. (Descr. feminae adultas ex Guatemala. Mus. Brit.) 



Ifab. Mexico, Santa Efigenia, Tehuantepec {Sumichrasf ^) \ Guatemalans (^Constan- 

 da^), Quezaltenango and Duenas {0. S.% Tollman 5000 feet {Richardson^); 

 Honduras, Danli, Jalapa, near the frontier (Bichardson). 



The Ocellated Quail differs from C. sallcBi, which it resembles in the absence of the 

 white ocellated spots on the flanks, by several well-marked characters. In the facial 

 markings the two species are alike, but C. ocellatus has the black crescent on the sides 

 of the neck continued below the white band on the lower throat. Instead of the white 

 ovate spots which decorate the grey sides of the chest in C. salloBi, the spots in C. ocel- 

 latus are pale ochraceous and take the form of broad bars. The feathers of the centre 

 of the front of the neck and chest are pale ochreous, with chestnut bars at the ends, 

 and the under surface generally is lighter chestnut than in C. sallcei. The sides of the 

 body likewise are bright chestnut, with a few black bars and scarcely any slaty-grey, 

 this latter colour being represented by a few remains of bars near the ends of the 

 feathers, which are chestnut and not grey with chestnut spots, as in C. sallcei. The 

 female scarcely differs from that of C. montezumce, but is rather larger and darker, and 

 has the nuchal patch dark brown with black bars. 



The range of this species appears to be from Tehuantepec to Guatemala, and the 

 adjacent part of Honduras, whence Eichardson sent us some specimens from his last 

 expedition. 



Nothing has been recorded of its habits. 



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DACTYLORTYX. 



Dadylortyx, Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 429 (1893). 



This genus is characterized by having the plumage of the sexes different, a short 

 crest, the first flight-feather equal to the eighth, the tail two-fifths of the length of the 

 wing and composed of twelve feathers, and the claws very long and but slightly 

 curved. 



Only one species is recognized. 



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