312 PHASIAA'ID/E. 



et supraoaudalibus magis ockracescenti-brunneis et nigro vermiculatis ; alis dorso concoloribus et eodem 

 modo marmoratis vel maculatis ; remigibus sepiariis, secundariis arenario indentatis et variegatis ; 

 rectricibus nigricantibus ochraceo irregulariter vermiculatis; pileo antico et cristae plumis briinneis, 

 pileo postico celatim aurantiaco ; facie lateral! et nuchse lateribus saturate castaneis ; genis et gula nigris, 

 albo lineatis ; corpora reliquo subtus olivascenti-bninneo, praepectore minute, pectore autem largius, 

 maculis ovatis albis nigro circumdatis omatis ; hypochondriis imis et subcaudaHbus vis rufescentioribus, 

 nigro transfasciatis ; alis intus cineraceis. Long, tota circa lO'O, alee 6'0, caudaD 2'35, culm. 0-8, tarsi 1'5. 

 (Descr. maris adulti ex Tehuantepec. ifus. nostr.) 

 2 mari simUis, sed crista brunnea, minime aurantiaca. Long, tota circa 9"0, alee 5-8. (Descr. feminae adultae 

 ex San Rafael del Norte. Mus. nostr.) 



Hab. Mexico ^^, Vera Cruz {Sumichrast ^), Cordova [Salle ^ ^^j, Mirador [Sartorius ^^), 

 Teotalcingo, Oaxaca {Boucard *), Chimalapa, Tehuantepec {Richardson ^^), Yucatan 

 {Dyson ^) ; Beitish Hondukas ^^, Eio Hondo {Dyson ^), San Felipe, Belize {Blanc- 

 aneaux ^^j, Bay of Honduras {Barloxo ^) ; Guatemala, Vera Paz, Duenas, Volcan 

 de Fuego 5500 feet, Volcan de Agua {0. S^'^); Nicaragua, Jail, San Eafael 

 del Norte {Bichardson) ; Costa Eica^i ^^, Barranca {Carmiol^^), Dota, Candelaria 

 {CarmioV, v. Frantzius ^), San Jose {Boucard i"), Sarchi and El Zarcero de Alajuela 

 {Zeledon ^^j, Irazu ( Underwood) ; Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui {Arc6 ^ ^^). 



0. guttattis belongs to the section of the genus in which the species have ocellated 

 white spots below ; it is nearly allied to 0. veraguensis, and in Costa Eica, where 

 their range overlaps, somewhat intermediate forms occur, these having the underparts 

 more or less washed with rufous. We find nothing worth recording as to the habits 

 of this bird. 



5. Odontophorus veraguensis. 



Odontophorus veraguensis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 107 ^ ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 143 "" ; Salv. P. Z. S. 

 1867, p. 161 ' ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. York, ix. p. 140' j v. Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 374 ' ; 

 Zeledon, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. viii. p. 112"; An. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, p. 128 'j 

 Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 441 ' ; Handb. Game-Birds, ii. p. 160 '. 



0. guttata similis, sed pileo cinnamomeo et gastraeo rufescente albo oceUato distinguendus. Long, tota circa 8-5 

 alae 5-7, caudse 1-85, culm. 07, tarsi 1-5. (Descr. avis adulti ex Chiriqui. Mus. nostr.) 



Hai. Costa Eica, Dota {Zeledon^, Carmiol^^, v. Frantzius % Barranca {Carmiol^), 

 Las Cruces de Candelaria {Zeledon * 7) ; Panama {Seemann i % Boquete 2, near 

 David 1 3 {Bridges), southern slopes of the Volcan de Chiriqui {Arce «). 



This species is closely allied to 0. guttatus, from which it is readily distinguished by 

 having the top of the head ferruginous and the underparts washed with reddish- 

 chestnut. No notes on its habits have been published, beyond the fact that at Boquete 

 on the slope of the Volcan de Chiriqui, Bridges 2 met with it running on the ground', 

 in coveys, in the forests, and remarks that the male has a peculiar call-cry. The 

 specific name is an unfortunate one, the bird not having been actually found as yet in 

 Veragua, David being in Chiriqui and far from the department of Veragua. 



