5'). ORTYX. 417 



the middle of the lower back blotched with black and mottled with 

 rufous at the extremity, and the rump-feathera and upper tail- 

 coverts with a black subterniinal shaft-spot ; the inner wing-coverts, 

 scapulars, and outer secondaries rufous, shading' into grey on the 

 outer web. which is indistinctly barred with wliite ; a bhick sub- 

 terminal l)lotch and black vermiculatioiis towards the extremity, 

 which together with the inner web is margined with buff; the 

 rest of the wing-coverts rufous, irregularl}' barred with black on 

 the edges ; quills greyish brown, the inner secondaries edged and 

 irregularly barred along the margin with rufous buff ; a black 

 band across the cheek from the gape to the ear-coverts, which are 

 chestnut ; chin and throat white, terminated by a wide black band 

 which extends across the throat between the car-coverts ; upper 

 chest vinaceous rufous like the mantle, shading into whitish buff 

 or buff on the lower chest and breast and into white on the belly, 

 all these parts are somewhat irregularly barred with rather narrow 

 wide-set black bands ; sides and flanks chestnut in the middle, and 

 white irregularly barred with black along the margin, the last black 

 liar on each side of the extremity is usually more or less crescent- 

 shaped, producing an ocellated appearance ; under tail-coverts pale 

 rufous tipped with buff, each with a subterminal arrow-shaped 

 black mark on the shaft : tail-feathers slate-grey, mottled towards 

 the extremity with greyish. Total length 8-6 inches, wing 4"5, 

 tail 2"o, tarsus 1"2, middle toe and claw 1'45. 



Adult female. Differs chieHy from the male in having the throat 

 bright buff' ; the black bands from the gape to the ear-coverts and 

 across the front of the neck represented only by black tips to the 

 feathers ; the bhick bands on the underparts are much less distinct 

 and usually absent on the middle of the brea«t and belly. Total length 

 !S-() inches, wing 4 5. tail '2--), tarsus \-'2, middle toe and claw 1-4. 



A chid- has the lores, forehead, and sides of the head covered with 

 buff-coloured down, the top of the head witli brownish rufous, and 

 the chin and throat with white ; the ear-coverts brownish black ; 

 gencriil colour of the ujjper ])arts browner than ir the adult and all 

 the feathers with pale shaft-stripes ; the rest oi the underparts 

 brownish white, also with pale shafts and a whitish-buff spot on the 

 extremity of each feather. 



J/al). Eastern United States of Xorth America ; ranging north to 

 Massachusetts and Minnesota, west to Dakota and Indian Territory, 

 Texas, and south to Georgia and other (nilf States. Also introduced 

 into manv of the West Indian Islands ami various parts of the Old 

 World. 



a. cJ ad. St. X. America. Ilardwicke Bequest. 



b,c. (S 2 ^^- "k. N. America, May, July (7/. Snlvin-Ciodmau Coll. 



U'. Henxhaw). 



d. 5 ad. sk. Vermilion, Dakota, Jan. ( W. Salvin-tiodmau Coll. 



Breirster). 



*./• cJad.sk. Mt. Carmel, Illinois, Julv, Salvin-Godnian Cell. 



Aug. [E. W.Xeho),). 



g. cJad.sk. Chicago, Dec. (.E. Z. Z^aynn). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



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