ORTYGORNIS. — ORTYX. 
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egregia Peters, berlin. Monatsbor. 1854. 134. = Crex egregia Pet. 
facialis Gray, Genera Birds III. 594. = Porzana facialis. 
fasciata v. Heuglin, Journ. Ornith. 1863. XI. 27. = Porzana pygmaea Sciileg. 
femoralis Gray, Genera Birds III. 594. = 
flammiceps Gray, Catal. Hodg. Coll. = Porzana fusca Shaw. 
flaviventris Gray, Genera Birds III. 593. = Porzana flaviventris Schleg. 
fluminea Gray, Genera Birds III. 593. = Porzana pygmaea Schleg. 
fusca Gray, List Genera Birds 118. — Rallina erythrothorax Schleg. 
griseopectus Gray, Catal. Hodg. Coll. = Porzana akool Blytil 
janiaicensis Gosse, Birds Jamaica 375. = Porzana jamaicensis Sclat. 
lateralis Burmeister, syst. Uebers. Th. Bras. III. 387. = Porzana melano- 
phaea- Sclat. 
leucosoma Gray, Genera Birds III. 594. = Porzana cinerea Schleg. 
maculosa Gray, Genera Birds III. 593. = Rallus maculosus Vieill. 
melanops Burmeister, Journ. Ornith. 1860. VIII. 218. = Porphyriops melanops. 
minuta Burmeister, syst. Uebers. Th. Bras. III. 388. = Porzana flaviventris 
Schleg. 
minuta Layard, Birds SAfr. 338. = Porzana minuta Schleg. 
notata Gray, Genera Birds III. 594. = Porzana notata Sclat. 
novaeboracensis Stephens, gener. Zool. = Porzana novaeboracensis Baird. 
olivacea Gray, Genera Birds III. 593. — Porzana albicollis Schleg. 
palustris Gray, Genera Birds III. 593. = Porzana palustris Gould. 
plumbea Gray, Catal. Rallidae 120. — Porzana tabuensis Gray. 
porzana Gray, Genera Birds III. 593. === Porzana maruelta Bonap. 
pulchra Gray, List Rallinae. = Crex pulchra Gray. 
pygmaea Gray, Genera Birds III. 593. = Porzana pygmaea Schleg. 
quadistrigata Gray. = Porzana cinerea Schleg. 
setosa Gray, Genera Birds III. 594. = Rallus rhythirhynchus Vieill. 
spilonota Gray, Genera Birds III. 594. == Porzana spilonota Sclat. 
superciliosa Gray. = Porzana cinerea Schleg. 
tabuensis Gray, Erebus Terror Birds 12. = Porzana tabuensis Gray. 
tannensis Gray, Birds trop. Isles 52. = Porzana cinerea Schleg. 
ORTYGORNIS ponticerianus Reichenbach, natürl. Syst. 28. = Francolinus pon~ 
dicerianus Steph. 
gularis Gray, Handl. Birds II. 266. — Francolinus gularis Blyth. 
ORTYGOSPIZA (Fringillidae. — opxu£ coturnix, okiÇol fringilla) Sundevall, Oefvers. 
vet. Forhdl. 1850. 98. — v. Heuglin, Journ. Ornith. 1868. XVI. 4. = Estrilda 
Swains. 
atricollis Cassin, Proc. acad. Philadelphia 1859. 138. == Estrilda polyzona 
Gray. 
fuscocrissa v. Heuglin, Journ. Ornith. 1863. XI. 18. = Estrilda polyzona 
Gray. 
lunulata Hartlaub, Ornith. WAfrica 148. = Estrelda lunulata. 
polyzona Sundevall, Oefvers. vet. Förhdl. 1850. 98. = Estrelda polyzona 
Gray. 
ORTYX (Ortygidae. — opxu^ coturnix). — Stephens, gener. Zool. 1819. XI. 
376. — Gray, Genera Birds 1846. III. 513. — Gould, Monogr. Odonto- 
phoridae 1850. 
Synon. : Ortygia Boie. — Colinus Less. — Colinia Nutt. — Callipepla Wagl. — Eupsy- 
chortyx , Philortyx, Cyrtonyx Gould." — Lophortyx Bonap. — Oreortyx Baird. 
Bill short, broad at the base, the sides gradually compressed forwards and 
the culmen elevated at the base and arched to the tip, which is obtuse; the lateral 
margins slightly festooned and curved, that of the lower mandible bidentated near 
the tip on each side; the nostrils basal and placed in a short rounded groove with 
the opening covered by a membranous scale. Wings moderate and rounded, with 
the third quill nearly as long as the fourth, fifth and sixth, which are the longest. 
Tail short, broad and rounded. Tarsi rather shorter than the middle toe, with 
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