292 PHASIANID. 
LOPHORTYX. 
Lophortyz, Bonap. Geogr. & Comp. List Birds Eur. & N. Amer. pp. 42, 43 (1838) ; Grant, Cat. 
Birds Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 899 (1893). 
The Quails belonging to this genus have the plumage differently coloured in the two 
sexes and the crest well developed, extending much beyond the feathers of the head. 
The tail is about three-fourths of the length of the wing, and composed of twelve 
feathers. 
Of the three species recognized, two are found within our limits, while the third, 
the well-known Californian Quail, occurs to the north. 
1. Lophortyx gambeli. 
Lophortyx gambelii, Gambel, Pr. Ac. Philad. 18438, p. 260'; Baird, Brew., & Ridgw. Birds N. Amer. 
ili. pp. 482, 523°; Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 807°; Belding, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 
vi. p. 844*; Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 403°; Handb. Game-Birds, 1. p. 124°; 
Ibis, 1902, p. 2387; Bendire, Life Hist. N. Amer. Birds, p. 29, t. 1. figs. 11-14 (eggs) *. 
Callipepla gambeli, Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. N. H. v. p.33°; Dwight, Auk, xvi. p. 49°; A.O. U. 
Check-l. N. Amer. Birds, 2nd ed. p. 1097’. 
Callipepla gambeli fulvipectus, Nelson, Auk, xvi. p. 26. 
Supra griseus, scapularibus et secundariis internis magis cinerascentibus, intus albo marginatis, quasi striatis ; 
colli postici plumis medialiter nigro striolatis; alis cineraceis, remigibus pallide brunneis, rhachidibus 
nigricantibus, secundariis externis albido marginatis; rectricibus cinereis, rhachidibus nigris; fronte 
cana, plumis criniformibus ; fascia angusta verticali utrinque nigro marginata; crista elongata nigra 
apicem versus graduatim latiore et quadrata; pileo reliquo castaneo usque ad nucham producto; 
linea superciliari indistincta alba; regione parotica cinerascenti-bruunea; facie laterali et gutture 
toto nigris, fascia alba ab oculo postico ducta distincte cireumdatis; prepectore et pectoris lateribus 
clare cinereis ; pectore pallide ochraceo, plagam conspicuam exhibente; abdomine medio nigro, imo 
ochracescente ; corporis lateribus saturate castaneis, albo clare striatis; hypochondriis albidis, cinereo vix 
castaneo tincto late striatis, subeaudalibus albidis medialiter cineraceo striatis, alis intus cineraceis. Long. 
tota circa 9°5, alee 4-3, caude 3:2, culm. 0-6, tarsi 1-1. (Descr. maris adulti ex Agua Caliente, California. 
Mus. nostr.) 
mari dissimilis, pileo dorso concolore, cervicis plumis clarius schistaceis, plumis brunneo marginatis et 
medialiter striatis ; facie laterali et gutture cinerascenti-brunneis ; prepectore sordide schistaceo ; plaga 
pectorali pallide ochracea, plumis medialiter fusco striolatis. Long. tota circa 9-5, ale 4:9. (Descr. 
feminee adulte ex Gila River, Arizona. Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Norta America, Western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Southern Utah, Southern 
Nevada, Southern California in the Colorado Valley .—Mexico, Sonora 
(Grayson *), Santa Barbara (Rodinette®), Hermosillo (Ferrari-Perez°*), Guaynias 
(Belding *), Rio Mayo (Goldman ),. 
L. gambleli is abundant in parts of North Mexico, wherever water is found. 
Mr. Nelson” has separated the Sonora bird as distinct from the typical race from 
Southern Nevada, on account of its larger bill and darker and more intense colours, 
but we do not think that these characters are sufficient to distinguish the two forms. 
The species is common in Arizona, ranging to an altitude of 5000 feet, and in New 
