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566. Bonasa umbella umbello'ides (Dougl.) Bd. B 465*. c 3S5a. R 473a. 



Gray Ruffed Grouse. 



567. Bonasa umbella sabinii (Dougl.) Coues. B 4G6. c 3856. R 4736. 



Oregon Ruffed Grouse. 



568. Lagopus albus (Gru.) Aud. B 467, 470 ?. c 386. R 474. 



Willow Ptarmigan. 



569. Lagopus rupestris (Gm.) Leach. B 468. c 387. R 475. 



Rock Ptarmigan. 



570. LagOpUS leUCUrUS Sw. B 469. C 388. R 476. 



White-tailed Ptarmigan. 



571. Ortyx virginiana (L.) Bp. B471. c 389. R 480. 



Virginia Partridge ; Quail ; Bob-white. 



572. Ortyx virginiana floridana Coues. B . c 389a. R 480. 



Florida Partridge. 



573. Ortyx virginiana texana (Lawr.) Coues. B 472. c 3896. R 4806. 



Texas Partridge. 



574. Orortyx picta (Dougl.) Bd. B 473. c 390. R 481. 



Plumed Partridge ; California Mountain Quail. 



575. Lophortyx californica (Shaw) Bp. B 474. c 391. R 482. 



Crested Partridge ; California Valley Quail. 



576. Lophortyx gambeli Nutt. B 475. c 392. R 483. 



Gambel's Crested Partridge ; Arizona Quail. 



577. Callipepla squamata (Vig.) Gr. B 476. c 393. R 484. 



Scaled Blue Partridge. 



566. B. u. um-bel-16-i'-des. Lat. vmbellus, which see, next above, and e?5os. 



567. B. u. sa-bi'-rri-i. To J. Sabine. 



568. Lag-o'-pus al'-bus. Gr. \ayanrovs, Lat. layopus, hare-foot ; \ay<as, a hare, and irovs, foot. 



Lat. albus, white. For the length of the accented penult, see Archibuteo, No. 525. 



569. L. ru-pes'-tris. Late Lat. rupestris, pertaining to, or inhabiting, rocks; rupes, a rock. 



570. L. leu-cu'-rus. Gr. Aetwco'y, white, o5pa, tail. 



571. Or'-tyx vlr-gm-i-a'-na. Gr. opru|, a quail; related to opra\ls; both are akin to opvis, a 



bird. The word is masculine in Greek, but in transliteration into Latin becomes 

 feminine, like other nouns of same termination. The English word partridge, Scot. 

 patrick, Fr. perdrix, Span, perdiz, Ital. perdice, Lat. perdix, Gr. irep5t, are all the same. 



572. O. v. flo-ri-da'-na. To Florida. 



573. O. v. tex-a'-na. To Texas. 



574. Or-6r-tyx pic'-ta. Gr. Spos, a mountain, and 6prv; see Oroscoptes, No. 14. Lat. picttts, 



painted, depicted ; pinr/o, I paint; in allusion to the beautiful colors. 



575. Loph-dr'-tyx cal-I-for'-nl-ca. Gr. Ao'<os, a crest, helmet, and 6prv. 



576. L. gam'-bgl-T. To William Gambel, of Philadelphia. See Zonotrichia, No. 278. 



577. Cal-li-pep'-la squa-ma'-ta. Gr. /caAo's, feminine Ka\\-n, and WTTA.OS, a certain robe of 



state; Ka.\\nrfir\os, beautifully robed, as this quail is. Lat. squamata, squamous, scaled, 

 covered with scales, the peculiar colors presenting such an appearance; squama, a scale. 



