. Illustrations of ornithology . MdmJ^ ( //ys- r<-////.j/?/■/•/re ORTYX CAPISTRATA, (nobis).Harnessed Ortyx. PLATE XXXVIII. O. fronte, superciliis et linea per oculos ferrugineis, vertice cristato ; supra brurmea,plumis nigro pulcherrime penicellatis, linea per rachin maculaque ad apicem tri-angulari flavis; remigibus nigris albo maculatis, subtus plumbea. X his very distinct species we purchased last spring from among a collec-tion of skins brought for sale to Edinburgh. The person who had themfor disposal said that they were all collected by himself in different partsof South America; and
. Illustrations of ornithology . MdmJ^ ( //ys- r<-////.j/?/■/•/re ORTYX CAPISTRATA, (nobis).Harnessed Ortyx. PLATE XXXVIII. O. fronte, superciliis et linea per oculos ferrugineis, vertice cristato ; supra brurmea,plumis nigro pulcherrime penicellatis, linea per rachin maculaque ad apicem tri-angulari flavis; remigibus nigris albo maculatis, subtus plumbea. X his very distinct species we purchased last spring from among a collec-tion of skins brought for sale to Edinburgh. The person who had themfor disposal said that they were all collected by himself in different partsof South America; and all the other skins with which we were acquaintedbeing from that country, we have no reason to doubt the mans group also has only yet been found in this part of the world. The total length is about ten inches. The bill, as in the congeners, isvery strong and thick ; the depth at the base is equal to the length. Thehead is crested, the feathers continuing elongated for a considerable waydown the back of the nec
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