Colinus leucopogon sclateri (Bonaparte) 

 Eupsychortyx sclateri Bonapart£- - Type 



Number 



Old New 



1853-A19 12,575 Collection - Paris. Wing 100.0, 

 tail 51.0, culmen 12.1, [d] tarsus 27.5, middle 

 toe minus claw 21.0. Delattre. Locality - 

 "Califomie". 



Mounted bird in fair condition. A fully adult 

 male, though not so marked. On the bottom of the 

 stand is "de Calif ornie, acq_uis a M. Delattre, en 

 1853 (Cat. No. A19), Eupsychortyx Sclateri Bp.' 12575" 

 This bird is a typical ."leylandi". V.hiie there is 

 no indication that this bird ±s the type the 

 probabilities are that such is the case. In the 

 catalogue for 1853 I find that this is the only Ortyx 

 listed in a lot of 70 birds acquired from Delattre 

 and which contained the types of several of Bonaparte's 

 new species, Presujnably it is the 



Examined by me at Paris, August 2, 1933} 



"Eupsychortyx pQTvl cristatus, Gould" which he mentions 

 on page 93 of his "notes Om. Coll." presumably from 

 "Califomie". 



The first (and only) description I can find is in 

 Comptes Rendus XLll, No. 20, (seance du) iiai 19 1856 

 p. 954. - S^ ,.u<<..^.w>-t^ 



"7. Supsichortyx (sic] sclateri , Bp. , n'a pas 

 besoinde description; e'est la seule espece du geure qui 



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