PERDICID.-E — THE TAllTRIDGES — OREORTYX. 



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appear, in many cases, to be specific rather than oeueric. The crested (j^uails 

 are principally Calii'ornian. 



The type of tliis sub-family is the well-known quail of tlio Atlantic 

 States, of which a tiyure is given on the preceding page. 



Gexus OREORTYX, Baird. 



Orrorli/r, BAiiin, Birds N. Amer. 1859, 642. (Tvpe, O^fi/.r pii-ta.) 



Gen. Cii.vu. Roflv 8tiiiit, liroad : bill Inrj^e ; crt'st as in Li>/i/iiirl>/.r : tnil slioi-t, liroail, 

 scarct-'ly mure than halt' the wing, ruiindeil, the longest leathers not much e.\eeeiling the 



O. pictta. 



coverts. Leg.s developed, the elaws extending beyond the tip of the tail ; the lateral toes 

 short, the outer claw falling considerably short of the base of the miildle. Very similar to 

 Orlijx, except in the crest. 



O. pictus. 



The Eastern quails belong to the genus Orfijx, Stephens, and are not 

 crested. 



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