416 FHiSIANID^. 



Trvppe, P. Essex Inst. vi. p. 118 (1871) [Minnesota] ; id. P. Bosf. 

 Soc. XV. p. 240 (187-2) [Iowa] ; Allen, Bull. Mus. C. Z. ii. p. 352 

 (1871), iii. p. 181 (1872) ; Coues, Key N. Am. B. p. 237 (1872) ; 

 id. B. N.-West, p. 431 (1874); Snoiv, B. Kansas, ed. 3, p. 11 

 (1875) ; Brotm, Bull. Nutt. Om. C. iv. p. 12 (1879) [Alabama] ; 

 Scott, Bull. Nidt.Oni. C. iv. p. 147 (1879) [W. Missouri] ; Loonw, 

 Bull. Nutt. Om. C. iv. p. 217 (1879) [S. Carolina] ; Lawrence, P. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus. i. pp. 237, 487 (1879) [Antigua, introduced], 

 p. 450 [Guadelupe, Martinique] ; Cori/, B. Bahama Is. p. 142 

 (1880) ; DaUjleish, Bull. Nutt. Om. C. v. p. 144 (1880) [England, 

 introduced] ; A. E. Newton, Handh. Jamaica, p. 117 (1881) ; Cory, 

 Bull. Nutt. Om. C. vi. p. 154 (1881) [Haiti, introduced] ; Beck- 

 ham, Bull. Nutt.Om. C. vii. p. 165 (1882J [Louisiana] ; Allen, Ibis, 

 1883, p. 226 ; Samuels, N. Sr E. Birds, p. 389 (1883) ; Cory, Birds 

 Haiti ^- San Doininyo, p. 138 (1885); Breimt. Auk, iii. p. 103 



(1886) [N. Carolina] ; Lanydm, Auk, iv. p. 129 (1887) [Tennessee] ; 

 Eoermann, Auk, v. p. 349 (1888) [Carroll Co., Indiana] : Richmond, 

 Auk, V. p. 20 (1888) [Dist. of Columbia]; Feilden, Ibis, 1889, 

 p. 410 [Barbadoes]. 



Ortvx virginiana, And. B. Amer. v. p. 59, pi. 289 (1842) ; De Kay, 

 Zool. N. York. p. 202, pi. 75 (1844) ; 3Iax. J. f. O. 1858, p. 443 ; 

 Fowler, Am. Nat. iii. p. 535 (1869) [habits] ; Ridyio. Bull. Nutt. 

 Om. C. vii. p. 22 (1882) [Knox Co., Indiana] : Hay, Bull. Nutt. 

 Om. C. vii. p. 93 (1882) [Lower Mis.?issippi] ; Bailey, Bull. Nutt. 

 Om. C. viii. p. 41 (1893) [Georgia] ; Steams 4" Coues, N. Em/land 

 Birds, pt. ii. p. 167 (1883) ; Coue.^ Key N. Am. B. p. 589 (1884) ; 

 Agershurg, Auk, ii. p. 285 (1885) [S.E. Dakota]; Wilcox, Auk,\\. 

 p. 315 (18.'55) [Idaho, introduced]. 



Ortyx marylandus, Denny, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 38 [Cuba, Jamaica]. 



Ortyx virginianus, var. virginianus, Baird, Brew., Sf Ridgio. N. Am. 

 B. iii. p. 468 (1874). 



Colinus virginianus, Stejn. Auk, ii. p. 45 (1885) ; Cory, List B. West 

 Ind. p. 24 (1885) ; Fox, Auk, iii. p. 319 (1886) [Roane Co., Ten- 

 nessee] ; A. O. U. Check-list, p. 167 (1886), Cory, Auk, iv. p. 224 



(1887) [Bahamas. Haiti, San Domingo, Jamaica, St. Croix, Antigua]; 

 Ridyw. N. Am.' B. p. 188 (1887); Cory, B. West Ind. p. 223 

 (1889) ; Rives, Auk, vi. p. 53 (1889) [White Top Mountain, 

 Virginia] ; Fa.von, Auk, vi. p. 99, footnote (1889) [Saddle-Back 

 range, Mass.] ; Pindar, Auk, xi. p. 313 (1889) [Fulton Co., Ken- 

 tucky] ; Belding, Occas. Pap. Cal. Acad. Sci. ii. p. 8 (1890) ; Loomis, 

 Auk, vii. p. 35 (1890) [Pickens Co., S. Carolina], viii. p. 326 (1891) 

 [S. Carolina] ; Cory, Cat. W. Ind. B. p. 96 (1892) [Bahamas, Greater 

 and Lessei- Antilles] ; Bendire, N. Am. B. p. 1, pi. i. fig. 1 (1892) ; 

 Scott, Auk, ix. p. 120 (1892) [.Jamaica, introduced] ; Coomhs, Auk, 

 ix. p. 204 (1892) [Louisiana] ; Todd, Auk, x. p. 38 (1893J [Indiana 

 and Pennsylvania]. 



Adult male. Lores whitish, shading into pale buff on the sitper- 

 ciliary stripes ; forehead black ; feathers of the top of the head black, 

 widely tipped with riifbus chestnut ; back and sides of neck mostly 

 white, with a triangular chestnut patch at the extremity, edged on 

 the sides with black ; mantle vinaceous rufous, shading into grey 

 towards the sides of the feathers, which are more or less distinctly 

 barred with black ; lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts oHve- 

 grey, finely mottled with dusky and buflf; most of the feathers down 



