ODONTOPHORUS LINEOLATUS. 
Striped-breasted Partridge. 
Specific Character. 
Od. corpore subtus pallide cervino-fusco, sive pallide ferruginoso, plumis singulis lined alba 
centrali impressis. 
Crown of the head and crest dark brown, becoming of a paler hue down the shafts of the fea¬ 
thers; at the back of the neck a patch of dark brownish black, blotched on either side with 
buff; middle of the back brown, finely freckled with dark brown, and with pale brown 
centres to each feather ; wing-coverts mottled brown and buff, the latter predominating on 
the outer web and with a line of buff down the shaft; primaries and secondaries brown, 
mottled with buff on their outer webs; tertiaries rich chestnut-brown and black, with a 
small triangular spot of buff at their tips, and a broad conspicuous mark of buff on the 
margins of their inner webs; lower part of the back and upper tail-coverts brownish buff, 
crossed with broken bands of dark blackish brown ; scapularies dark brown on their inner 
webs, buffy white freckled with black on the outer webs, and with a stripe of buff down 
the centre; tail dark brown, freckled with buff; chin white; face and throat grey, bounded 
by a narrow line of black, produced by the outer row of feathers being tipped with that 
colour; undersurface sandy red, fading into white on the vent, each feather with a lighter 
stripe down the centre, under tail-coverts buff with black centres. 
Total length, 8 inches; bill, f; wing, 5 ; tail, 2 ; tarsi, 1 1 ; middle toe and nail, H. 
Perdix lineolata, Licht. in Mus. Berlin. 
Ortyx lineolatus, Natt. MSS. 
- thoracicus, Gamb. Proc. of Acad. Phil. 1847, t. 77- 
Odontophorus lineolatus. Gray and Mitch. Gen. of Birds, vol. iii. p. 513, Odontophorus, sp. 7- 
Eight years ago—February 22, 1843 —the following note respecting this species was sent to me by my 
valued friend the late Mr. John Natterer of Vienna :—“ Of this bird I saw two specimens in the Museum 
of Berlin, under the name of Perdix lineolata, Licht. Unfortunately I took no description, as it was very 
cold in the Museum towards the end of November 1838, the time of my visit there : I merely noted, ‘ two 
curious birds with large feet and long toes; differing so much in colour that they might be considered as 
two species.’ I have no doubt M. Lichtenstein will lend you these birds, and any others you may want for 
your Monograph.” Shortly after the receipt of the above, and many other useful notes from the same kind 
friend, I paid a visit to Berlin and examined the birds in question, and was permitted to bring them to 
London and make drawings of them: one strictly accords with the description given above; the other 
differs in having the throat and broad stripe over the eye and down the side of the neck rufous, and the 
under surface greyish brown. I have no doubt that they are the opposite sexes of the same species, and as 
such I have figured them. 
Unaware, I presume, that this species had been previously named by M. Lichtenstein, Dr. Gambel of 
Philadelphia has lately assigned to it the specific appellation of thoracicus, which I am sure he will readily 
resign in favour of the prior name of lineolatus. 
Habitat. The specimens at Berlin and at Philadelphia are all from Mexico, which we may hence infer is 
the true habitat of the species. 
The figures are of the natural size. 
