miJDS — PLRDICIDAR. 649 



The preceding species of Perdicidae are all that are known with certainty to inhabit the United 

 States. The following are stated to occur in California, but none have been seen there by 

 reliable observers. They probably all belong to Lower California, or to the western coast of 

 Mexico. 



EurSVCIlORTYX CRISTATU3, Gould. 



Telrao criatalua, Linn. I, 17C0, 277. 



Eupsychortyx crislalus, Gould, Mon. Odont. pi. ix. 



Ortyx lemminckii, Stephens, Shaw's Zool. XT, 1819, 381. 



Ortyx neoxenus, Vigors, Pr. Coram. Sc. Zool. Soc. I, 1830, 3. — Bennett, Gardens and 



Menag. II, 1838, 311, cut.— Aud. Synopsis, 1839, 200.— Ib. Birds Amer. V, 1842, 71 ; 



pi. 292. 

 Perdix neoxenus, Aud. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 226; pi. 422. 

 Lophortyx neoxemis, Nuitall, Man. I, 2d ed. 1840, 792. 



LoPUORTYX ELEGANS, Nuttall. 



Ortyx elegans, Lesson, "Traite d'Ornith. 1831." — lu. Cent. Zool. pi. 61. 



Lophortyx elegans, Ndttall, Man. I, 2d ed. 1840, 792. 



Ccdlipepla elegans, Goold, Mon. Odont. pi. xviii. 



Ortyx spilogaster, Vigors, Pr. Comm. Sc. Zool. Soc. II, 1832, 4. Mexico. 



Lophortyx douglassii, Bonap. 



Ortyx douglassii, Vigors, Zool. Jour. IV, 1829, 354. — Ib. Zool. Beechey's Voyage, 1839, 



27, pi. xi. — Douglass, Linn. Trans. XVI, 1829, 145.' — Jard. & Selby, 111. pi. evil. 

 Lophortyx douglassii, BoN. List, 1838. — Nuttall, Man. I, 2d ed. 1840, 793. 



Orttx fasciatus, Natterer. 



Ortyx fasciatus, Natterer, MSS. — Gould, Pr. Zool. Soc. XI, 1843, 133. California. 



' Orlyz douglasii Bill brown ; crest linear, black, one inch long. Irides hazel red. Hody fuscous-brown, willi a mixture o' 



lead color and rusty or yellow streaks. Throat whitish, with brown spots. Belly foxy red or tawny white, spotted. Quill feathers 

 eighteen. Scapulars and outer coverts bright brown. Under coverts liglit reddish brown. Tail of twelve unequal, rount'ed 

 feathers. Legs reddish. Length nine inches. Girth twelve inches. Weight ten ounces. Flesh pleasant, dark colored. 



July 31, 1838. 



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