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3. Odontophorus leucolsemus. (Tab. LXXIV.) 



Odontophorus leucolamus, Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 161' j 1870, p. 217' j Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. York, 

 ix. p. 140 ' ; V. Prantz. -3. f . Orn. 1869, p. 374 * ; Zeledon, Pr. U. S. Xat. Mus. viii. p. 112 ' ; 

 An. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, p. 128°; Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 438"; 

 Handb. Game-Birds, ii. p. 158 \ 



Supra saturate chocolatinus, plumis obsolete fulvo irroratis ; scapularibus macalis nigris rufo SE^ittatim 

 fasciatis obscure notatis; alis dorso eoncoloribus, remigibus sepiariis, secundariis extus rufo pauUo 

 venniculatis ; Cauda nigricante ; fronte cum loris et regione parotica nigris ; gnla alba ; gutture imo et 

 pectore summo nigris, boo fasciis celatia albis ornato ; corpore reliquo subtus sordide castaneo, pectore 

 medio nigricante ; abdomine nigricante, vix rufo lavato ; alis iatus fusco-brunneis. Long, tota circa 75. 

 alae 5-0, caud% 1-9, culm. 0-75, tarsi 1-5. (Descr. feminae typ. ex Cordillera de Tole. Mus. nostr.) 

 2 mari similis, sed ubique saturatior, et pectore medio et abdomine nigerrimis, corporis lateribus brunneis, 

 fulvo obscure variegatis. Long, tota circa 8"5, alae 5-1. (Descr. maris adulti ex Azahar de Gartago. 

 ilus. nostr.) 



ITab. Costa Rica^, Naranjo de Cartago (Zeledon^), Dota, Candelaria {v. Frantzius^, 

 Carmiol ^), San Jose [Cooper ^) ; Panama, Cordillera de Tole ^ Calovevora ~, Chitra, 

 Veraguas [Arce ^ ''). 



This Quail is remarkable for its dark coloration, black head, neck, and chest, 

 against which the white throat stands out in bold relief, but the amount of white on 

 the throat varies considerably, sometimes reaching up to the chin, but in other 

 specimens the chin and sides of the throat are black. The half-concealed white spots 

 on the black breast also vary considerably in extent, these being scarcely visible in 

 some examples, while in others they are very broad and numerous. There is likewise 

 a considerable difference in the colour of the sides of the body and flanks, which are 

 orange, freckled with black spots and vermiculations : in the type these parts are very 

 dark rufescent brown, with very slight blackish vermiculations. This variation in 

 colour and markings is not due to locality, but may depend upon the age of the 

 bird. 



4. Odontophorus guttatns. 



Ortyx guttata, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 79 \ 



Odontophorus guttatus, Gould, Monogr. Odontoph. t. 28'j Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 309'; 1859, 



p. 391*; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 226*'; Lawr. Ann. Lye. X. York, ix. p. 140°; 



V. Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 374 ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 218 '; Sumichr. La Xat. ii. 



p. 37'; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 42"; Zeledon, Pr. U. S. Xat. Mus. viii. p. 112" ; An. 



Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, p. 128 '' ; Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxiL. p 439 " ; Handb. 



Game-Birds, ii. p. 159 "* ; Ibis, 1902, p. 244 ". 

 Odontophorus consobrinxis, Ridgw. Pr. U. S. X^at. Mus. xvi. p. 469 ". 



Supra brunneus, fuaco vermiculatim irroratus, interscapulio et secundariis intimis maculis magnis quadratis 

 nigris omatis, pallida castaneo circumlineatis, his quoque intus apicem versus macula magna ocbracea 

 instructis ; interscapulio pauUo cinerascentiore, et lineolia albidis angustis ornato ; dorso postico, uropygio 



* The locality "Coban palm-ridges " is a misprint : it should be " Gaboon palm-ridges " (i. e. of Honduras). 



