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Oreortyx picta plumifertis Grinnell, Pacific Coast Avif., No. 3, 1902, 29 (Cali- 

 fornia; abundant resident of arid Transition Zone). 



Oreorlyx picta pluniif era Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 197; Nom. North 

 Amer. Birds, 1881, No. 481a. — American Ornithologists' Union, Check-list, 

 ed. 3, 1910, 135.— Grinnell, Pacific Coast Avif., No. 8, 1912, 10 (California; 

 listed) ; No. 11, 1915, 58 (California).— Tyler, Pacific Coast Avif., No. 9, 1913, 

 32 (Fresno, Calif.; resident in higher Sierras). — Willett, Condor, xxi, 

 1919, 202 (mountains w. of Warner Valley, se. Oregon). — Oberholser, Auk, xl, 



1923, 81, 82, 83, in text (crit.), 84 (distr.). — Grinnell and Storer, Animal Life 

 in Yosemite, 1924, 267 (descr. ; distr. ; habits ; Yosemite). — Gabrielson, Auk, xli, 



1924, 555 (Imnaha Canyon, Wallowa County, Oreg.). — Oberholser, Auk, xli, 



1924, 592 (syn.).— Richards, Condor, xxvi, 1924, 99 (Grass Valley distr., Cali- 

 fornia). — Wyman and Burnell, Field Book Birds Southwestern United States, 



1925, 84 (descr., distr.). — Taverner, Birds Western Canada, 1926, 162, in text. — 

 Wythe, Condor, xxix, 1927, 65 (ecol., distr.). — Mailliard, Proc. California 

 Acad. Sci., ser. 4, xvi, 1927, 294 (Modoc County, Calif.; common). — 

 Groebbels, Der Vogel, ii, 1937, 135, in text (one brood a year in higher altitudes, 

 two a year in lower areas), 167 (data on breeding biology). 



Oreortyx p^icta] plumifera Hanna, Condor, xxvi, 1924, 147, in text (egg weight). 

 [Oreortyx picta] plumifera Wyman, Auk, xxix, 1912, 539, in text (Indian Creek, 

 Boise bottom, Owyhee foothills, etc., w. Idaho). 



OREORTYX PICTA CONFINIS Anthony 



Southern Mountain Quail 



Adult. — Similar to that of corresponding sex of 0. picta picta but with 

 the upperparts of the body and wings more grayish, less oHvaceous, the 

 mantle ahiiost always pure grayish, not tinged with brownish ; from 

 O. picta ercmophila it differs in having the breast darker, between neutral 

 gray and dark gull gray ; the posterior underparts are dark claret brown 

 as in ercmophila. 



Juvenal. — Similar to that of O. picta picta. 



Natal down. — Similar to that of O. picta picta. 



Adult vtalc.—Wmg 132-139 (135.1) ; tail 79-92 (84.9) ; culmen from 

 base 16.0-17.4 (16.9) ; tarsus 32.3-37.4 (35.7) ; middle toe without claw 

 25.0-30.8 (28.4 mm.).-^« 



Adult female.— Wmg 129-137 (132.8); tail 76-86 (79.4); culmen 

 from base 15.9-17.0 (16.4) ; tarsus 32.7-36.0 (34.8) ; middle toe without 

 claw 27.9-29.9 (28.7 mm.)." 



Range. — Resident in the mountains of Baja California in the Sierra 

 Juarez and Sierra San Pedro Martir, north to the California boundary. 



Type locality.—San Pedro Martir Range, alt. 8,500 feet, Baja Cali- 

 fornia. 



Oreortyx picta plumifera (not Ortyx plumifera Gould) Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., v, 1883, 533, footnote (Cape San Lucas, Baja California, April). — Grin- 

 nell, Pacific Coast Avif., No. 11, 1915, 58, part. 



^' Ten specimens. 

 " Seven specimens. 



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