n én. as it is known to the 
pe hens AE Cky Geet Ane ae Lucas at 10,000 feet and 
natives, was found on the higher elevations of the Yol 
above. Here they were feeding on the fruit of a large tree, were quite hard to discover, 
and still more difficult to secure." 
Of this species and its habits on Yolc4n de Fuego, Salvin wrote, "In the early 
morning we usually found them in the upver branchee of trees searching for Be teegs: 
fruit, which they eat both ripe and unripe: as the day advances they descen to al 
underwood, where they remain all day, basking or scratching among the leaves. 
favorite fruit, he reported, is a species of Prunus. 
The hanting of the horned turkey is difficult because of its very restricted 
occurrence in a few localities, at high elevations in the dense mountain forests. 
28. Dendrortyx leucophrys leucophrys (Gould) 
Guatemalan Long-tailed Partridge 
Other Names.-- 
Guatemalan: guachoco, guachoque 
English: partridge 
Status.--A locally common resident, especially in second-growth brushy woodlands. 
Description.--Large, long-tailed, partridge-like birds (length about 350 mm., wing about 
150 mm.); forehead buffy, chin white; bill relatively large and heavy; tail usually 
slightly shorter than wing, twelve tail feathers, their tips rounded. 
Adults with forehead and fore part of the crown pale yellow to buff, rest of 
crown brown tinged with russet; nape and interscapulars bright russet, feathers conspicu- 
ously edged with white: back, rump, and upper tail coverts buffy brown, crossed with dusky 
bare; outside tail feathers bright rueset, the others duller, crossed with transverse 
zigzag markings of light buff; chin and upper throat white, sides of throat russet, each 
feather edged with gray: breast feathers similar to last but with edges broader and 
darker; upper abdomen and sides pale brown; middle of abdomen, flanks, and under tail 
coverts dusky olive brown. Bill black, lower part orange below, iris grayish-olive, skin 
around eye orange-red, feet and legs brownish red to orange-red. 

Measurements, -- 
Male (1) Female (1) 
Wing, 146.3 Wing, 139 
Tail, 128 | Tail, 123.7 
Tarsus, 53.3 Tarsus, 49 
Culmen from base, 18.1 Culmen from base, 18.5 
General Distribution. --Highlands of northern Guatemala. 
Distribution in Guatemala.--Subtropical and Temperate Zones, wooded highlands of northern 
Guatemala, 
Records.--It has been recorded near Nebaj, April 25 and 26, near Chajul, April 27, 1947: 
near Progreso, Hl Progreso, May 9, 1947; Panzés, May 17, 1947. 
In literature it has been recorded from: Cob&n (Salvin and Godman); Sepacuite, 
Barrillos, and Nebaj (Griscom). 
Habits and Hunting.--These notes apply to both subspecies, This partridge is found in 
second growth and heavy forest, at altitudes of from about 2,000 to above 8,000 feet. It 
was reported to occur near Bscuintla as low as 1,000 feet. 
At Finca Helvetia several were heard calling from the huatales or brush~covered 
hills at from 3,000 to 5,500 feet. The forest had been cleared from these areas and as 
the dense brush clothed the slopes, the guachoques ventured forth into the new cover, 
When hunted on these hills, they evidently ran like rails ahead of us for we were unable 
to flush then. 
Mr. Percy Davies, manager of Finca Helvetia, told us that these birds were 
occasionally seen in those coffee groves adjacent to the huatales and the forest. Dickey 
and van Rossem reported that, ".. . a good many of these birds lived ina dense, almost 
impenetrable area of second growth which had reached a height of perhaps twenty feet and 
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