.592 



SYSTEM A TIC SYNOPSIS — GALLING — ALECTOBOPOBES. 



outstretched feet not reaching to its end. Bulk of the Bob- white, hut longer; 10.00-11.50; 

 wing 1.00 or more ; tail 3.0U or more. Coloration chieily in masses ; sexes unlike. $ with 

 the chin and throat jet-blacli, sharply bordered with white ; a white line across the vertex and 

 along the sides of the crown, bordered behind by black; 9 without these head- markings. 

 Eggs colored. Two elegant species in the U. S. 



Analysis of Species. 



tf middle of belly orange-chestnut ; sides like back, with white stripes ; hind-head smoky-brown ; fore- 

 head chiefly whitish, with white loral line califomica 575 



cf middle of belly jet-black; sides chestnut with white stripes; liind-head chestnut; fore-head chiefly 

 black ; no white loral line gambeli 576 



Fig. 412. California Helmet Quail, J nat. size. (From Brehm.) 



575. L. califor'nica. (Lat. Californian. Fig. 412.) Californian Partridge. Valley Quail 

 of the CalLforaians. $ : With a small white line from bill to eye ; forehead whitish with black 

 lines; occiput smoky-brown ; nuchal and cervical feathers with very dark edging and shaft-lines, 

 and fine whitish speckling. General color of upper parts ashy, with strong olive-brown gloss, 

 the edging of the inner quUls brownish-orange. Fore breast slaty-blue ; other under parts tawny, 

 deepening centrally into rich golden-brown or orange-chestnut, all the feathers sharply edged 

 with jet-black ; .«;ides oliv(;-ashy like the back, with sharp white stripes ; vent, flanks, and 

 crissum tawny, with dark stripes. Length 10.00-11.00; wing 4.25; tail 3.75; tarsus 1.25; 

 middle toe and claw rather more. Besides lacking the definite head-markings, the 9 wants 

 the rich sienna color of the under parts, which are whitish or tawny with black semicircles 



