ODONTOPHORUS STROPHIUM, Gould.
Gorgeted Partridge.
S p e c if ic C harac t er.
externis
Od. mento a lio ; g uU nigenimA, lunuld a lM t ~ s a , m ta ta ; p r im a r y p o gonm
g u ttis carentibus.
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s p e c k le d w i th b la c k ; c h in w h i t e ; th r o a t d e e p b la c k , c r o s s ed b y a b ro ad c r e s c e n t sh a p ed
■ o f p u r e w h i t e ; a ll th e u p p e r su r fa c e d a rk b r ow n , fr e c k le d a n d m a rk ed w ith s a n d y
b u f f - e a c h o f th e sc a p u la r ie s w i th a la r g e p a tch o f b la c k n e a r th e t ,p o f th e in n e r w e b ,
a n d a s tr ip e o f b u f f d o w n th e c e n t r e ; a ll th e w in g -c o v e r ts w ith a s p o t o f w h i t e a t th e p ,
p r im a r ie s a n d sp u r io u s w in g d a rk b r ow n , w i th o u t th e u su a l m a r k in g s o n th e o u t e r w e b I
b r e a s t a n d u n d e r su r fa c e r ic h r e d d ish c h e s tn u t, w ith a la r g e s p o t o f w h i t e in th e c e n t r e o
e a c h f e a th e r ; v e n t a n d u n d e r ta il-c o v e r t s d e e p b r ow n , t in g e d w i th b u f f ; b i l l a n d
b la c k ish b r ow n .
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ippearance.
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