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1. Cyrtonyx montezume. 
Ortyx montezume, Vigors, Zool. Journ. v. p. 2757. 
Cyrtonyx montezume, Stejn. Auk, ii. p. 467; Herrera, La Nat. (2) 1. pp. 185, 327°; Jouy, Pr. U.S. 
Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 7904; Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H. v. p- 33°; Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. 
Mus. xxii. p. 425°; Handb. Game-Birds, ii. p. 1467; Ibis, 1902, p. 241°; Bendire, Life 
Hist. N. Amer. Birds, p. 35, t. 1. fig. 15°; A. O. U. Check-l. N. Amer. Birds, 2nd ed. 
p. 110"; Nelson, Auk, xix. t. 15. fig. 2". 
Ortyz massena, Less. Cent. Zool. p. 189"; Ill. Zool. t.52'; Finsch, Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, 
1870, p. 357“. 
Cyrtonyx massena, Gould, Monogr. Odontoph. t. 7"; Scl. P. Z. 8. 1858, p- 805"; Lawr. Mem. 
Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 306'7; Sumichr. La Nat. v. p. 280". 
Tetrao guttata, La Liave, Reg. Trim. i. p. 1447; La Nat. Mex. vii., App. p. 65”. 
Odontophorus meleagris, Wag]. Isis, 1832, p. 2787. 
Cyrtonyx montezume mearnsi, Nelson, Auk, xvii. p. 255; xix. p. 390, t. 15. fig. 1”; Grant, Ibis, 
1903, p. 111*. 
Vinaceo-rufus, nigro transversim fasciatus, et striis albis vel fulvescenti-albis nigro limbatis longitudinaliter 
striatus, cervicis postici plumis striis irregularibus potius sagittiformibus ornatis ; tectricibus alarum 
secundarlisque posticis cinereis nigro maculatim conspicue fasciatis, primariis et secundariis reliquis 
brunneis, extus albo indentatis vel maculatis; supracaudalibus rectricibusque cinereis nigro maculatim 
transfasciatis, et medialiter fulvo striolatis; pileo vinaceo, nigro maeulato, rhachidibus fulvis; nucha- 
cristata, vinaceo-rufa; supercilio et capitis lateribus cum regione oculari albis; loris et fascia suboculari 
usque ad regionem paroticam producta schistaceo-plumbeis ; collo laterali antico genisque albis, illo nigro 
postice marginato ; collo laterali postico cinerascenti-brunneo ; gula nigra, torque gutturali albo; pre- 
pectore et pectore medio saturate castaneis ; prepectoris et corporis subtus lateribus nigris, albo pulchre 
ocellatis; abdomine, crisso et subcaudalibus nigris; subalaribus cineraceis, albo fasciatim maculatis ; 
remigibus intus cineraceis. Long. tota circa 8-0, ale 5:0, caudex 1-75, culm. 0°65, tarsi 1:2. (Descr. maris 
adulti ex Canada, Chihuahua. Mus. nostr.) 
supra mari similis, sed minus distincte nigro transfasciatus, nigro tamen maculatim notato; pileo brunneo 
nigro maculato, crista nuchali arenaria, maculis nigris ornata; supercilio lato et facie laterali cervinis, 
nigro striolatis vel transfasciatis ; regione oculari et colli lateribus albis, sparsim nigro maculatis; macula 
parotica nigra; genis gulaque albidis ; linea malari minnte nigro notata ; corpore reliquo subtus vinaceo- 
rufo, nigro plus minusve celatim notato; corpore laterali maculis sagittiformibus nigris, medialiter 
vinaceo-fulvis ornato ; plumis gutturalibus imis nigro fasciatim terminatis ad fasciam nigram colli lateralis 
conjunctis; abdomine isabellino, plumis nigro basaliter marmoratis; subcaudalibus vinaceo-rufis, nigro 
maculatis; alis intus cineraceis, subalaribus albo maculatis, et primariorum pogonio externo albo 
quadratim regulariter notato. Long. tota circa 7-3, ale 4:6. (Deser. femine adulte ex Puebla. 
Mus. Brit.) 
Hab. Norra America, Arizona®1!0, South-western Texas 19.—Mexico | 6 10 18 17 18 19 | 
Los Pintos, Sonora, Los Vengos, Nacori, and Huerachi (Lobinette®), Yecoera, 
Sonora, Jesus Maria, Cafiada, and near Choix, Sinaloa (Lloyd °), Chihuahua (Buchan- 
Hepburn ®), Sierra Madre above Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Sierra Madre, Tepic 
(Richardson ®), Guadalajara (Jouy 4+, Grayson 1"), Valley of Mexico (Herrera), 
city of Mexico (Sumichrast ° 1°), Puebla (Rébouch *), La Parada (Boucard 1). 
This beautiful Quail inhabits Western Texas and Arizona, whence it extends over 
the tablelands as far south as the city of Mexico. Mr. Nelson recognizes more than 
one race, and he considers that the bird from S.W. Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico 
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