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ODONTOPHORUS BALLIVIAN] Gould

Ballivian’s Partridge.

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Od. capite cristaque ferrugineo-rufis ; imfra et pone oculum lata aterrimad muculé supra et subter
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linea rubro-cervina marginata ; corpore wmnferore, castaneo-fusco, nigro minutissime macu-

lato; plumis singulis macula alba ornatis.

Head and crest rich rusty red; beneath and behind the eye a broad patch of deep black,
bounded above and below by a stripe of reddish buff; upper surface olive, minutely
freckled with black ; the feathers of the centre of the back and scapularies with a fine ine
of buffy white down the apical half of the stem, with a small double spot of black on
their inner, and a large patch of black, bounded above and below with rusty red, on
their outer webs; primaries and secondaries brown, crossed with irregular bands of rusty
red, freckled with black; under surface dark chestnut-brown or coffee-colour, minutely
freckled with black, each feather with an irregularly-shaped patch of white, bordered with
black near the centre, giving the whole of the under surface a singularly rich and sparkling
appearance ; bill black; feet lead-colour.

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Total length, 12 inches; bell, 1; wing, 67; tail, 2°; tarsi, 2; middle toe and nazé, 2x.

Odontophorus iiieicn. Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part XIV. p. 69.

 

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For our knowledge of this remarkably fine species we are indebted to the researches of Mi 8 |
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beauty and colour of its markings. At the request of Mr. Bridges, I have named it Batt

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General Ballivian, President of the Republic of Bolivia, who afford 5
nders him worthy of such a compliment.

ed him every facility in his power for

the prosecution of his researches, and whose love of science re
Department of Cochabamba, in Bolivia.

Habitat. The forests of Cocapata in the :
y Mr. Bridges.

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