Oreortyx picta picta (Douglas) 

 Qrtyx plumifera Gould Type 



Number 5^.12.19.30. Collection - B.M. \i±ng 137.0, 

 tail 80.0, culmen 14..2, tarsus 36.5, middle toe 

 minus claw 30. 4. Douglas. Locality- "California". 



55.12.19.30. 



Oreortyx pictus (Douglas) Type No. 21 



Pickhardt 

 California Ex. Coll. Zoological 18/3/ 8^. 



Society. 



Also a red type tag. 



Ortyx plumifera 1855.12.19.30 



Gould Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837, p.^2 Ex. Zool. Soc. Museum 

 California collected by D. Douglas. 



Skin, taken doivn from mount, not in good condition. 

 Plumage only slightly abraded as if taken in ;vinter or 

 early spring. Adult in first winter plumage - probably 

 a male. 



This bird is of the Sierra Nevada race - a 

 perfectly typical specimen. 



Remarks: See Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837, p. 12, - This 

 type was from the Douglas collection. There is, of 

 course, no type of picta picta . 



A. J. Van Rossem 



