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DENDRORTYX LEUCOPHRYS, Gould.
White-eyebrowed Partridge.
S p e c if ic C h aracter.
Dend. lined lata superciliari a naribns, atque g u la albis ; corpore subtus cinereo, lined centrali
lata castaned singulis plumis ornatis.
Face and a broad stripe over the eye bully white ; ear-coverts and crown o f the head brown ;
feathers o f the sides and back o f the neck rich chestnut, margined on each side with w hite;
feathers o f the upper part o f the back rich chestnut, margined with slate-grey; breast
grey, with a stripe o f reddish chestnut in the centre o f each feather; back dark greyish
brown, very minutely freckled with black; wings brown, freckled with buff and black;
primaries deep rust-red; tail dark brown, freckled with buff and black; irides clear brown;
feet red; bill black.
Total length, 1S.J. inches; bill, .g.; wing, j tail, 6 ; tarsi, 2$.; middle toe and nail, 1-j-.
O rty x leucophrys, Gould in Proc. o f Zool. Soc., Part X I . p. 132.
T his fine species is a trifle smaller than Dendrortyx macrourus, from which it is distinguished by the conspicuous
stripe o f white which surmounts the eyes.
Three examples are all that have come under my notice ; one of which is in the collection at the Jardin
des Plantes at Paris, and the other two in the possession of the Earl of Derby; of the latter one is now
living in his Lordship’s aviary; the other, a mounted specimen, has been kindly lent me by his Lordship for
illustration in the present monograph.
Habitat. The southern portion of Mexico. The specimen from which my figure was taken was received
direct from Coban.
The Plate represents the bird of the natural size.