. Illustrations of ornithology . C ?&ya>*. acw/t /Yt a 7&1/OZ - W*ZC4*&£6rCL ORTYX MACROURA, (nobis).Long-tailed Ortyx. PLATE XLXIX. O. fronte gulaque nigris, supra pallide brunnea, maculis fasciisque albescentibus,rostro pedibusque rubris, cauda elongata. VV e have figured this species as new and interesting, belonging to a ge-nus hitherto rather limited, as not possessing forms sufficiently characte-ristic, and particularly as showing that form of the genus where we findthe feathers of the tail much elongated, and broad, as in many of the largergallinaceous birds, but with every othe
. Illustrations of ornithology . C ?&ya>*. acw/t /Yt a 7&1/OZ - W*ZC4*&£6rCL ORTYX MACROURA, (nobis).Long-tailed Ortyx. PLATE XLXIX. O. fronte gulaque nigris, supra pallide brunnea, maculis fasciisque albescentibus,rostro pedibusque rubris, cauda elongata. VV e have figured this species as new and interesting, belonging to a ge-nus hitherto rather limited, as not possessing forms sufficiently characte-ristic, and particularly as showing that form of the genus where we findthe feathers of the tail much elongated, and broad, as in many of the largergallinaceous birds, but with every other character developed in the highestdegree. The specimen we met with at the sale of Mr Bullocks Mexi-can curiosities : it appeared to be the only one in the collection, and wehave not met with the same species since. The length is thirteen inches. The bill and legs are bright orange-red,and formed as in the most typical species. The feathers on the crown ofthe head, the throat and cheeks, are black; those on the head lengthenedinto a crest, and in
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