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THE LONG-TAILEU ORTYX. 
Ortyx macroura Jard. and Selby. 
PLATE XII. 
Ortyx macroura, Illust. of Ornithol. pi. xlix. 
On this Plate we have figured a species of Ortyx, 
of a form at variance with those already noticed, be- 
ing remarkable for its long and broadly formed tail. 
We regret that nothing is known of its habits. It is 
a native of Mexico, and the only specimen we know 
of was purchased at the sale of Bulloch’s Mexican 
collection. Its length is about 13 inches, the bill 
very strong, and with the legs orange-red. The 
feathers on the crown, throat, and cheeks are black, 
those on the head lengthened into a crest and tipped 
with reddish-brown. A line of reddish-white ex- 
tends above the eyes and auriculars, and loses itself 
on the sides of the neck ; another of the same colour 
runs under the eyes upon the auriculars. The back, 
sides of the neck, and upper parts of the breast, are 
reddish-brown ; the middle of the belly and vent 
silvery grey, passing into bluish-grey, and minutely 
freckled with black. The rest of the upper parts are 
wood-brown, barred and spotted with black, and 
