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ODONTOPHORUS LINEOLATUS.

Striped-breasted Partridge.

SpPrctric CHaracter.

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thers; at the back of the neck a patch of dark brownish black, blotched on either side with

buff; middle of the back brow aly freck j
: ack brow ms finely freckled with dark brown, and with pale brown
centres to each feather ; wine-coverts tle ; : ie
c > 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
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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 ; se: pularies dark brown on their inner

webs, buffy white freckled with black on the outer webs, and with a stripe of buff down

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the centre ; tail dark brown, freckled with buff ; chin white; face and throat grey, bounded
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by a narrow line of black, produced by the outer row of feathers being tipped with that

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colour ; under surface sandy red, fading into white on the vent, each feather with a lighter

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stripe down the centre, under tail-coverts buff with black centres.

Total length, 8 inches; bz//, +; wing, 5; tal, 2; tarsi, 12; middle toe and nail, 12.

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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. ii. p. 513, Odontophorus, sp. 7.

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E1gur 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
differing so much in colour that they might be considered as
in will lend you these birds, and any others you may want for

above, and many other useful notes from the same kind

curious birds with large feet and long toes ;
two species.’ I have no doubt M. Lichtenste
your Monograph.” Shortly after the receipt of the
friend, I paid a visit to Berlin and examined the
London and make drawings of them: one strictly accords with the d ! a
differs in having the throat and broad stripe over the eye and down the side of the neck rufous, and the

I have no dou

birds in question, and was permitted to bring them to

escription given above ; the other

under surface greyish brown bt that they are the opposite sexes of the same species, and as

such I have figured them. : 2 en aie
I that this species had been previously named by M. Lichtenstein, Dr. Gambel of

Unaware, I presume oe
eu. ation of thoracicus, which I am sure he will readily

ately assigned to it the specific appell
ior name of Lineolatus.
3erlin and at Philadelphia are all

Philadelphia has |
resign in favour of the pr
Habitat. The specimens at ]
the true habitat of the species.
The figures are of the natural size.

from Mexico, which we may hence infer is

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