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THE LONG-TAILED ORTYX. 
Qrlgjr macroura, — Jarp, and Seliiv. 
PLATE XII. 
Ortyx mocrourat lUust, ofOmilhoi, p], xlix. 
On tliia Plate we have figTired & epecies of OrtyK, 
of a form at variance with those already noticed, be- 
ing retnarkaUtt* for its tong and broadly formed tail. 
We regret that nothing in known of its halnts. It is 
a native of Mexieo, and the only specimen we know 
of was purchased at the sale of Bulloch Mexican 
collection. Its length is ahont 13 iiicht.'s, tli(* hill 
very strong, and with the h'^a orange-red. The 
feftthnre on tJie crown, throat, and cheeks are black, 
those on the head lengtliened into a crest and tipped 
with reddish-brown. A line of reddish-white ex- 
tends above the eyes and anricuiarx, and loses itself 
on the sides of the neck ; another of the fiaiue colour 
runs under the eyes upon tlie auriculari^. The hack, 
sides of the neck, and upper part<i of the breast, are 
redtiish-brown ; the nitddte of the belly and vent 
silvery grey» passing into bluish-grey, and minutely 
freckled witli black. The rest of the upper parts are 
Wood 'brown, barred and spotted ^vith black, and 
