DENDRORTYX BARBATUS. 
Bearded Partridge. 
Specific Character. 
Pend. gula cinerea; pectore nitide aurantiaco-fusco ; lateribus olivaceo-cinereis ,' singulis plumis 
lined centrali castanea, et gutta marginali obliqud alba postice nigro marginata ornatis. 
Head slightly crested, the feathers of which are dark brown ; forehead brownish buff; stripe 
above and behind the eye, throat and sides of the neck leaden grey ; mantle deep rich 
chestnut, each feather edged with grey; upper surface mingled brown, black and buff, 
presenting a very sparkling appearance; primaries reddish brown, mottled and freckled 
with dark brown; tail dark chestnut-brown, the four central feathers strongly marked with 
black and buff, assuming the form of broad bars; the outer feathers slightly freckled with 
black ; chest uniform bright orange-brown; flanks olive-grey, with a chestnut mark down 
the centre, and with an oblique spot of white on the margin, bounded posteriorly with 
black; under tail-coverts sandy brown, with a crescent-shaped mark of a lighter hue at 
the extremity ; bill, orbits and feet red. 
Total length, 12 a inches ; bill, a; wing, 6a; tail, 4a; tarsi, 2a; middle toe and nail, 2. 
Perdix barbatus, Licht. in Mus. Berlin. 
For our first knowledge of the existence of this species we are indebted to the discrimination of Professor 
Lichtenstein of Berlin, in the Royal Museum of which city specimens are deposited. With a liberality only 
equalled by his kindness, M. Lichtenstein permitted me to bring this and other rare birds to London, for the 
purpose of figuring them in my Monograph. 
The Bearded Partridge belongs to that section of the family of which the Dendrortyx macrourus is the 
type; it equals that bird in size, and may he regarded as one of the finest of the Odontophorince ; it differs 
chiefly in having a shorter and more uniformly coloured crest, and in having a shorter and squarer tail; its 
toes are also rather more lengthened and its claws straighter; modifications of structure which evidently 
ally it to the members of the restricted genus Odontophorus. 
Habitat. Jalappa in Mexico. 
The figures are of the natural size. 
