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Genus LOPHORTYX Bonaparte 



Lophortyx Bonaparte, Geogr. and Comp. List, 1838, p. 42. Type, by subse- 

 quent designation, Tetrao califoniicits Shaw (Gray, 1840). 



Lophortyx calif ornicus (Shaw) : California Quail 



Tetrao califoniicus Shaw, in Sliaw and Nodder, Nat. Misc. vol. 9, 1798, text 

 to pi. 345. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene: Hawver Cave, El- 

 dorado County, Carpinteria, McKittrick, Rancho La Brea, Los 

 Angeles and San Pedro (Palos Verdes sand), Los Angeles County, 

 California. 



Genus OREORTYX Baird 



Oreortyx Baird, Rep. Expl. and Surv. R. R. Pac, vol. 9, 1858, pp. xxi, xlv, 

 638, 642. Type, by original designation, Ortyx picta Douglas. 



Oreortyx pictus (Douglas) : Mountain Quail 

 Ortyx picta Douglas, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, vol. 16, pt. i, 1829, p. 143. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene: Potter Creek and 

 Samwel caves, Shasta County, and Hawver Cave, Eldorado County, 

 California. Quaternary (probably Recent) : Rocky Arroyo, New 

 Mexico. 



Genus MIORTYX Miller 



Miortyx A. H. Miller, Univ. California Publ., Bull. Dept. Geol. Sci., vol. 27, 

 No. 4, June 22, 1944, p. 93. Type, by original designation, Miortyx teres 

 Miller. 



Miortyx teres Miller 



Miortyx teres A. H. Miller, Univ. California Publ., Bull. Dept. Geol. Sci., 

 vol. 27, No. 4, June 22, 1944, p. 93, fig. 7. 



Lower Miocene (Rosebud formation) : Flint Hill, 9 miles west- 

 southwest of Martin, Bennett County, South Dakota. 



Genus CYRTONYX Gould 



Cyrtonyx Gould, Monogr. Odontophoridae, pt. i, 1844, pi. and text. Type, by 

 monotypy, Ortyx massena Lesson ^ Ortyx montesumae Vigors. 



Cyrtonyx montezumae (Vigors) : Harlequin Quail 



Ortyx Montesumae Vigors, Zool. Journ., vol. 5, June 1830, p. 275. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene : San Josecito Cave, Aram- 

 berri, Nuevo Leon. 



