646 



SCRATCHING BIRDS — GALIJN/E. 



Oreortyx pictus, Douglas. 

 THE PLUMED PAKTEIDGE; THE HOTJNTAIN QtJAIL. 



Ortijr: picia, Douglas, Trans. Linn. Soc. XVI. 18^9, U.'i. — ('allipr/ila piria, Gould, Mon. 



Odont. pi. XV.— Nem'beruy, P. K. Hep. VI. iv. 1857, 93. — Heeumann, X. vi. CI. 



— Orcoiti/x pictus, Baiud, 1'. K. Kuji. IX. Binls, G42 — Coopeu .ind Sucklev, XII. iii. 



Zool. ofW. T. 225. 

 Ortijx pUimifim, Gould, Pr. Zool. Soc. V. 1837, 42. — Audubon, Birds Amcr. V. 1842, G9 ; 



pi. 291. — Pm//j-;)/«M//^ra, AuDUiiON, Orn. Biog. V. 1839, 220; pi. i22. — Loi/hoiijx 



pluniljh-a, NuTTALL, .Man. I 2d od. 1840, 791. 



Sp. Char. Ilfad with a crest of two straight feathers, much longer than the bill and 

 head. Anterior half of the body grayisli-jjlumbeous ; the upper paris generally olivaceous 

 brown, with a slight shade of rufous, this extending narrowly along the nape to the crest. 

 Head beneath the eyes and throat orange-chestnut, borilered abuig the orbi!s, and a short 

 distance behiml by black, bounded anteriorly and superiorly Iiy white, of which color i< a 

 short line behind the eye. I'usterior half nf the body beneath white, a large centr,;! ]iateh 



anteriorly (bifurcating behind), with the flanks and tibial feathers orange-chostnut-brown, 

 the sides of body showing black and white bands, the former color tinged with chestnut. 

 I'pper tail coverts black, streaked with orange-cliestnut. Upper tertials margined inter- 

 nally with whitish. Length, 11.50; extent, 18.00; wing, 5.75; tail, 3.25. Iris brown; 

 bill bluish horn-color ; feet brownish-white. 



Hnh. IMountain ranges of California and Oregon. Not in Coast Range south of San 

 Francisco. 



Tills liiril, one of the most heautiful of its family, is common in tlie higlier 

 mountain ranges of California and Oregon, and I tliink a few are found 



