o5. oKxrx. 421 



a'-k'. (S 2 ad. sk. Corpus Christi, Texas, March, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Oct.-Dec. (F. B. A.). 

 I', fit'. J 2 ad. sk. Medina, Texas, Dec. (//. -E". Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



Dresser). 

 7?'. Jad. ak. [var.]. San Antonio, Texas, Dec. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(//. E. D.). 

 o. cf ad. sk. [pale Papalote, Bee Co., Texas, Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 var.]. Feb. {F. B. A.). 



2. Ortyx cubanensis. 



Ortyx virginianus, D'Orh. {nee Lath.) in Ramon de la Sagra's Hist. 

 Cuba, p. 182 (1839) ; Simdev. CEfv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1869, p. 601. 



Ortvx ciibanensis, Gould in Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 514 (1846) ; id. 

 Mnnoqr. Odontoph. pt. iii. pi. i (1850); Gundlach. J. f. O. 1856, 

 p. ?,Sf ; Brei'jst. P. Bod. Soc. N. H. vii. p. 307 (1860) ; Alhrecht, 

 J. f. O. 1861, p. 213; Gundlach, Rep. Fis. Nat. Cuba, i. p. 303 

 (1866) ; Grui/, List GnUin(P Brit. Mus. p. 75 (1867) ; id. Hand-l. 

 B. ii. p. 273 (1870) ; Gundlach, J. f. O. 1874, p. 300, 1875, p. 293, 

 1878, p. 101 [Porto Rico]; id. Anal. Soc. F.ip. Hist. X vii. 

 p. 350 (1878). 



Ortyx cubensis, Sclaf. ^- Sitlvin, Nam. Av. Keotr. p. 137 (1873). 



Ortvx virgiuiauus, var. cubanensis, Baird, Brew., %■ Ridgw. iii. p. 468 

 (1874). 



Colinus cubanensis, Con/, List B. West Ind. p. 24 (1885); id. Auk, 

 iv. p. 223 (1887); id. B. Ji'esf Ind. p. 222 (1889); id. Cat. W. 

 Ind. B. p. 96 (1892) [Isle of Tiiips]. 



Colinus virtrinianus cubanensis, Ridf/u\ Man. N. Am. B. p. 188 

 (1887) ; Chapman, Auk, v. p. 395 (1888) ; Scott, Auk. vi. p. 245 

 (1889) [Key West, Fla.] ; Bvndire, X. Am. B. p. 9 (1892). 



Adult male. Most nearly resembles 0. te.vaaus, but the top of 

 the bead is quite black and the featlicrs of the chest are mos*^ly 

 black mixed with dull rufous or white in the middle ; those of the 

 breast and belly, as well as the sides and Hanks, have the ground- 

 colour rufous, more or less edged with black on the sides and 

 irregularly spotted with white. Total length S inches, wing 4-2, 

 tail 2-3, tarsus 1'2, middle toe and claw 1-4. 



Ailult female is coarsely spotted on the underparts with black, 

 dirty white, and rufous. 



Ilab. Island of Cuba. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Zool. Soc. Coll. 



3. Ortyx pectoralis. 



Ortyx pectoralis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 182 [Alexico]; id. Monofjr. 



Odontoph. pt. iii. pi. v. (1850); Grai/, List Gallinee Brit. Mus. 



p. 76 (1S67) ; id. Iland-I. Ii. ii. p. 273 (1870). 

 Colinus pectoralis, Rid,pc. Man. X. Am. B. p. 189 (1887). 



Adult male. General colour of the upper part.s very similar to 

 that of O. le.yaniis, but in the most adult example the top of the 



