48 GAME BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA. 
OREORTVX PICTUS CONFINIS. 
Geographical Distribution.— Mountains of San Pedro range, 
Lower California, reaching to valleys in winter.”—Anthony. 
Adult Male.—' Back wings and tail, ashy brown with slight 
olive wash; inner secondaries and tertials bordered with 
white, forming, when wings are closed, two parallel bars of white; 
foreparts above and below, slaty blue, slightly grayer above; 
belly, rich chestnut, banded on the sides with bars of white and 
black; flanks, rufous; tibia, ashy; crissum, velvety black, 
streaked with chestnut; throat, chestnut, bordered laterally 
with a narrow black line, which in turn is bordered with white ; 
a white mask surrounding the bill and changing to grayish on 
forehead. Arrow plumes black.”—Axthony. 
