Qg oDONTornoEiD^i;. 



Genus OREORTYX, Baird. 



Oreortyx pictus {Dougl.). 



(Plate YII. fig. 3.) 



Oieortvx inctus, Baird, Bretcer 8f Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, iii. p. 475 

 (1874); Bendire, L'-fe Hist. N. A. Birds, i. p. 13 (1892); Grant, 

 Cut. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 397 (1893) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 44 

 (1899). 



The single egg of the Plumed Partridge, or Mountain Quail, in the 

 Collection is of a regular oval shape, smooth, vrith little gloss and of 

 a pale creamy-buff colour. It measures 1-31 by 1. 



1. Monterey, Califorria {Dr. Cunfield). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Genus LOPHORTYX, Bp. 



Lophortyx califomicus (SJunv 4' Nodd.). 



Lophortyx califomicus, Baedel-er, Eier Em: Tog. tab. 67. fior. 3 (1855-63); 



Bai'rd, Breiver ^- Bidqw. N. Amer. Birds, iii. p. 479 (1874) ; Grant, 



Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 400 (1893) : Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 44 



(1899). 

 Callipepla calif ornica, Bendire, Life Hist. N. A. Birds, i. p. 23, pi. i. ligs. 



8-10 (1892). 



The eggs of the Californian Quail are pyriform, slightly rough, 

 ■with little gloss, and of a dull white or pale cream-colour, spotted 

 and blotched with dark brown, pale rufous or yellowish brown. 

 The blotches are frequently large and confluent. Specimens measure 

 from 1-07 to 1-33 in length, and from -9 to 1 in breadth. 



6. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gardens, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



London). 

 4. N. America. Old Collection. 



9. San Louis Obispo, California ( W. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



F. Schicarz: Henshatv Coll.). 



Genus EUPS.YCHORTYX, Goidd. 



The eggs of the Quails of this genus are pyriform, rarely of an 

 oval shape. 



Eupsychortyx leucopogon (Less.). 



(Plate VII. figs. 4 & 5.) 



Eupsychortyx leucotis, Sd. Sr .Sah. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 544. 

 EupsychortVx leucopogon, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 408 (1893) ; 

 Sharpe", Hand-l. i. p. 46 (1899). 



The eggs of the "NVhite-faced Crested Quail are of a creamy -buff 



