404 



PHAsiANrn.E. 



Hah. Western States of N. America, ranging north to Utah, south 

 to the State of Sonora, North Mexico, westwards to South California, 

 and east to Arizona and Western Texas. 



«-c. S ? ad. sk. Washing-ton, Utah, Oct. {H. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



W. H.). 

 (I. 2 ad. sk. Toquerville, S. Utah, Oct. (H. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



7T: B.). 

 e. 2 ad. sk. Southern Utah, Oct. {H. W. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



H.). 

 f-i. S 2 ad. sk. New Mexico (H. W. H.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



k. 2 ad. sk. Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Nov. (Ferrari-Perez). 

 I, m. (5 2 ad. sk. Arizona (H. W. H.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



n, 0. (S ad. et juv. Camp Grant, 60 miles east of Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 sk. Tucson, Jan., July {H. W. 



H. 8f Dr. Polmer). 

 p. S ad.sk. GilaCo., Arizona, Nov. (Z?. IF. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



K.). 

 q, r. 2 ad. sk. Gila River, Arizona {E. W. Salvin-Godman Coll, 



Nelson) . 

 s, f. c? 2 ad. sk. Yuma, Arizona, May. G. F. Morcom, Esq. 



u. cJ ad. St. California. Purchased of M.\er- 



reaux. 



r, w. 2 ad. sk. California, Feb., July. Zool. Soc. Coll. 



x-a'. cJ 2 ad. sk. Agua Caliente, Cal., Jan., Salvin-Godman Coll. 



April (i?. B. Herron). 



b', c . cj ad. sk. Colorado Desert, Cal., April Salvin-Ciodman Coll. 



{F. Stephens). 



3. Lophortyx douglasi. 



Ortyx douglasii, Vii/., Dovylas, Trans. Linn. Soc. xvi. p. 14-5 (1828). 

 Ortyx elegans, Lesson, Cent. Zool. p. 189, pi. Gl (1830) [California !]. 

 Ortyx spilogaster. Vigors, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 4 [Mexico]. 

 Caliipepla elegans, Gould, Mon. Odontoph. pt. i. pi. 18 (1844) ; Gray, 



List Gallina: Brit. Mm. p. 78 (18lJ7) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 273 



(1870) : Fitisch, Abh. nat. Ver. Brem. 1870, p. 357 [MazatlanJ ; 



Bidf/iv.' Man. N. Am. B. p. 193 (1887). 

 Lophortyx elegans, G)-ay, List of B. pt. iii. Gall. p. 45 (1844) ; 



Coop. Bull. Ntdt. Orn. C. ii. p. 95 (1877) [part., Mazatlan]. 

 Caliipepla douglassii, Gambel, Jour?!. Ac. Philad. (n. s.) i. p. 218 



(1849) [Mazatlan]. 

 Caliipepla douglasii, Greet/, List Gallina Brit. Mus. p. 78 (1867) ; 



id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 273 (1870). 

 Caliipepla elegans bensoni, Bidgw. P. U. S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 148 



(1887) [Campos, Sonora]. 



Adult male. Feathers of the top and sides of the head whitish and 

 with black shaft-stripes : crest long and pale rufous ; back of the head, 

 nape, and upper mantle with a triangular chestnut spot at the extre- 

 mity of each feather ; inner wing-coverts, scapulars, sides, and flanks 

 similarly marked, but with an elongate white spot or partial margin 

 on each web ; lower mantle grey, shading into olive-brown on the 

 wings, lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts ; primaries and 



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