51. OUKOUTVX. 3!}7 



wi. J ad. sk. Fort Duncan, Rio Grande, Salvin-Goduian Coll. 



Texas, Feb. (//. R Dresser). 

 ".". (^ 2 aJ. sk. E;i<rle Pass, liio Grande, Texas, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Dec. (//. E. Dresser). 

 ;'. 7- c? ? ad. sk. Benavides, Duval Co., Te.xas, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Dec. (F. B. Arnutroni/). 

 r. 2 ad. sk. Laredo, Texas, Feb. {H. B. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Btdcker). 

 s, t. 2 ad. St. fit Mexico. Gould & Evtou Colls. 



sk. 

 u, V. (S ad. sk. et Mexico. Purchased. 



2 ad. St. 

 "'-/'• cT 2 ^J-sk. Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Mexico, March {F. B. Arm- 



stroiKj). 



51. OREORTZX. 



Type. 

 Oreortyx, Baird, B. X. Amer. p. 042 (1860) 0. pictus. 



Sexes similar. Crest very long. 



1st primarj- falls between the 7th and 8th ; the 3rd or 4th 

 slifihtl}- the longest. 



Tail composed of 12 feathers : | of the length of the wing. 

 Tarsus shorter than the middle toe and claw. 



liunr/e. "Western States of N. America, ranging northwards to 

 Washington Territory, southwards through California to Cape 

 St. Lucas, and westwards into Eastern Xevada. 



1. Oreortyx pictus. 



Ortyx picta, Douglas, Trans. Linn. Soc. xvi. p. 14.3 (1823) [Cali- 

 fornia • ; Vii/ors, ZodI. Juurn. iv. p. 400 (1829) ; Less. III. Zoo), text 

 to pi. o2 (18;31) ; Jard. .V S,'lh. 111. Orn. ii. text to pi. 107. 



Ortvx plumifera, Gould, P. Z. S. 18:J7, p. 4:2 [California]; Aud. B 

 Amer. v. p. G9, pi. 291 (1842). 



Lopliortvx plumifera, Nitft. Man. Orn. i. p. 791 (1840); Coop. i!(- 

 SiickLBep. F.vpl. .Viss. Biv. xii. no. .i, p. 225 (1800). 



Callipepla picta, 6'o(/W, Mon. Odoiif. ]>t. i. pi. 1.5 (1844); Gamhel, 

 Joitnt. Ac. Philad. (u. s.) i. p. 219 (1849) ; Keivbernj, Rep. P. R. 

 R. Siirv. vi. pt. iv. p. 9:1 (1857) ; firm/, List Galliiice Brit. Mus. 

 p. 79 ( 18G7) ; id. llnnd-l. B. ii. p. 274 (1870). 



Perdix plumifera, Aud. Orn. Biuyr. v. p. 22(5, pi. 423 (1849). 



Oreortyx ]nctus, Baird, B. N. Amer. p. 642 (18fX)); ? Dresser, litis, 

 1866, p. 27 [S. Texas!]; CVw/e-s IIhs. 1866, p. 2(;0 'Cajon Pass, 

 San Bernardino Mts.1 ; Coop. Calif. Orn. i. p. 546 (1870); Cones, 

 Kei/ X. Am. B. p. 237 (1^72) ; id. B. X.-Jf'esf. p. 440 (1874); 

 Baird, Brew., ^- Ridytc. B. X. Amer. iii. pp. 475, 523 (1874); 

 Anthonji, Auk, iii. p. 164 (1886) [Washington Co., Oregon":; 

 Evermann, Auk: iii. p. 92 (1886) [Ventura Co., Cal.]; A. O. F. 

 Check-list, p. I(i8(1886); Ridgn: .Van. p. 191 (1887); Beldinij, 

 Occas. Pap. Cal. Ac. Sci. ii. p. '9 (1890) ; Bendire, X. Am. B. p. 13 

 (1892). ^ 



Oreortvx picta, Belding, P. U. S. Xat. Mtis. i. pp. .391-393, 438 

 (1879) [^Central California]. 



