62 U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 221 



Ridgway suggested at the first description that the birds may have come 

 from the Llanos Estacados of Texas and New Mexico; his surmise was 

 probably based upon mention of the species' occurrence in those districts by 

 Captain Charles L. Taplin (see Bailey, loc. cit.) . 



Genus CENTROCERCUS Swainson 



Centrocerciis urophasiaaus phaios Aldrich 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 59: 129, October 25, 1946, 

 259861. Adult male. Fremont, Lake County, Oregon. August 21, 1914. 

 Collected by Luther J. Goldman. Original number 106. Received 

 from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 



Family PHASIANIDAE: Quails, Pheasants, Peacocks 



Genus DENDRORTYX Gould 



Dendrortyx macroura diversus Friedmann 



Journ. Washington Acad. Sci. 33 : 273, September 8, 1943. 

 155936. Adult (male?). San Sebastian, northwest of Mascota, State of 

 Jalisco, Mexico. March 28, 1897. Collected by Edward W. Nelson 

 and Edward A. Goldman. Original number 3984, Received from the 

 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

 Dendrortyx macrourus griseipectiss Nelson 

 Auk 14 (1) : 44, January 1897, 

 =Dendrortjx macroura griseipectus Nelson. See Friedmann, Journ. 



Washington Acad. Sci. 33: 272-273, 1943. 

 155560. Adult male. Huitzilac, State of Morelos, Mexico. December 30, 

 1892. Collected by Edward W. Nelson. Original number 628. Re- 

 ceived from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

 Dendrortyx macrourus striatus Nelson 

 Auk 14 (1) : 44, January 1897. 

 =Dendrortyx macroura striatus Nelson. See Friedm.ann, Birds of North 



and Middle America 10: 247-248, 1946. 

 155567. Adult female. Mountains near Chilpancingo, State of Guerrero, 

 Mexico. December 24, 1894. Collected by Edward W. Nelson and 

 Edward A. Goldman. Original number 2436. Received from U.S. 

 Fish and Wildlife Service. 

 Dendrortyx macrourus dilutus Nelson 

 Auk 17 (3) : 254, July 1900. 

 =Dendrortyx macroura striatus Nelson. See Friedmann, Birds of North 



and Middle America 10: 247-248, 1946. 

 155562. Adult male. Patzcuaro, State of Michoacan, Mexico. August 

 2, 1892. Collected by Edward W. Nelson. Original number 290. 

 Received from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 



