ODONTOPHORUS STROPHIUM, Gould. 
Gorg*eted Partridge. 
Specific Character. 
Od. mento albo; guld nigerrima, lunula alba transversa , notatd ; primarum pogoniis externis 
guttis carentibus. 
Head slightly crested ; crown, crest, and ear-coverts blackish brown; sides of the face dull white, 
speckled with black; chin white ; throat deep black, crossed by a broad crescent-shaped 
mark of pure white; all the upper surface dark brown, freckled and marked with sandy 
buff; each of the scapularies with a large patch of black near the tip of the inner web, 
and a stripe of buff down the centre; all the wing-coverts with a spot of white at the tip ; 
primaries and spurious wing dark brown, without the usual markings on the outer web; 
breast and under surface rich reddish chestnut, with a large spot of white in the centre of 
each feather; vent and under tail-coverts deep brown, tinged with bulf; bill and feet 
blackish brown. 
Total length, 9 inches; bill, 1 ; wing , 5x; tail, 2; tarsi, 2 ; middle toe and nail, 2. 
Ortyx ( Odontophorus ) strophium, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part X. p. 134. 
I proposed the specific term strophium for this new species, as indicative of the peculiar form of the white 
mark on the throat. The only specimen I have seen is the one I at present possess, but which will here¬ 
after be deposited in the British Museum. It appears to be an adult male, and in form is very robust; 
particularly in the legs and thighs, which, with the diminutive size of the tail, give it a somewhat outre 
appearance. 
Habitat, the Spanish Main. 
The Plate represents the bird in two positions, of the natural size. 
