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ODONTOPHORUS STROPHIUM, Gowa.

Gorgeted Partridge.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

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Od. mento albo; gula nigerrima, tunulé alba transversd, notata ; primarum pogonits externis
12 tern.
outtis carentibus.

Head slightly crested ; crown, crest, and ear-coverts blackish brown; sides of the face dull white,
speckled with black ; chin white ; throat deep black, crossed by a broad crescent-shaped
mark of pure white; all the upper surface dark brown, freckled and marked with sandy
buff; each of the scapularies with a large patch of black near the tip of the inner web,
and a stripe of buff down the centre; all the wing-coverts with a spot of white at the tip ;
primaries and spurious wing dark brown, without the usual markings on the outer web ;
breast and under surface rich reddish chestnut, with a large spot of white in the centre of
each feather; vent and under tail-coverts deep brown, tinged with buff; bill and feet
blackish brown.

Total length, 9 inches; Sell, 1; wong, 51; tael, 2; tarsi, 2; middle toe and nail, 2.

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Ortyx (Odontophorus) strophium, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part X. p. 134.

 

I proposep the specific term strophium for this new species, as indicative of the peculiar form of the white

mark on the throat. The only specimen I have seen is the one I at present possess, but which will here-
after be deposited in the British Museum. It appears to be an adult male, and in form is very robust ;

i i ighs, whic | , diminutive size of the tail, give it a somewhat outré
particularly in the legs and thighs, which, with the diminutive ail, g

appearance.
Habitat, the Spanish Main.
The Plate represents the bird in two positions, of the natural size.

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