BIRDS — PKRDICIDAE. ' 649 



The preceding species of Perdicidae are all that are known with certainty to inhabit the United 

 States. The following are stated to occur in California, hut none have been seen there by 

 reliable observers. They probably all belong to Lower California, or to the western coast of 

 Mexico. 



EUPSYCHORTYS CRISTATUS, Gould. 



Tetrao cristatus, Linn. I, 1766, 277. 



Eupsychortyx cristatus, Gould, Mon. Odont. pi. ix. 



Ortyx temminckii, Stephens, Shaw's Zool. XI, 1819, 381. 



Ortyx neoxenus, Vigors, Pr. Comm. Sc, Zool. Soc. I, 1830, 3. — Bennett, Gardens and 



Menag. II, 1838, 311, cut.— Aud. Synopsis, 1839, 200.— Ib. Birds Amer. V, 1842, 71 ; 



pi. 292. 

 Perdix neoxenus, Aud. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 226 ; pi. 422. 

 Lophortyx neoxenus, Nuitall, Man. I, 2d ed.. 1840, 792. 



LoPHORTYX ELEGANS, Nuttall. 



Ortyx elegans, Lesson, "Traite d'Ornith. 1831." — Ib. Cent. Zool. pi. 61. 



Lophortyx elegans, Nuttall, Man. I, 2d ed. 1840, 792. 



Callipepla elegans, Gould, Mon. Odont. pi. xviii. 



Ortyx spilogaster, Vigors, Pr. Comm. Sc. Zool. Soc. II, 1832, 4. Mexico. 



Lophortyx douglassii, Bonap. 



Ortyx douglassii. Vigors, Zool. Jour. IV, 1829, 354. — Ib. Zool. Beechey's Voyage, 1839, 



27, pi. xi. — Douglass, Linn. Trans. XVI, 1829, 145.' — Jard. & Selby, 111. pi. evil. 

 Lophortyx douglassii, BoN. List, 1838. — Nuttall, Man. I, 2d ed. 1840, 793. 



Ortyx fasciatus, Natterer. 



Ortyx fasciatus, Natterer, MSS. — Gould, Pr. Zool. Soc. XI, 1843, 133. California. 



' Ortxjx douglasii. — Bill brown ; crest linear, black, one inch long. Irides hazel red. Body fuscous-brown, with a mixture o 

 lead color and rusty or yellow streaks. Throat whitish, with brown spots. Belly foxy red or tawny white, spotted. Quill feathers 

 eighteen. Scapulars and outer coverts bright brown. Under coverts light reddish brown. Tail of twelve unequal, rounded 

 feathers. Legs reddish. Length nine inches. Girth twelve inches. Weight ten ounces. Flesh pleasant, dark colored. 



July 2(, 1858. 



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