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566. Bonasa umbella umbelloides (Dougl.) Bd. b 4G5*. c 385a. r 473a. 



Gray KufFed Grouse. 



567. Bonasa umbella sabinii (Dougl.) Coues. b 4G6. c 3856. r 4736. 



Oregon KufFed Grouse, 



/568. Lagopus albus (Gm.) Aud. B 4G7, 470 ?. c 38(5. r 474. 

 ^ Willow Ptarmigan. 



569. Lagopus rupestris (Gm.) Leach. B 468. c 387. R 475. 



Rock Ptarmigan, 



570. Lagopus leUCUrUS Sw. B 4G9. C 388. R 476. 



White-tailed Ptarmigan. 



571. Ortyx virginiana (L.) Bp. b 471. c 389. r 480. 



Virginia Partridge ; Quail ; Bob-white. 

 ,. - 572. Ortyx virginiana floridana Coues. b — . c 389a. R 480a. 



■^ Florida Partridge. 



573. Ortyx virginiana texana (Lawr.) Coues. b 472. c 389&. R 4806. 



Texas Partridge. 



574. Orortyx picta (Dougl.) Bd. b 473. c 390. R 481. 



Plumed Partridge ; California Mountain Quail. 



,575. Lophortyx californica (Shaw) Bp. b 474. c 391. R 482. 



Crested Partridge ; California Valley Quail. 



^576. Lophortyx gambeli Nutt. b 475. c 392. R 483. 

 X Gambel's Crested Partridge ; Arizona Quail, 



577. Callipepla squamata (Vig.) Gr. B 476. c 393. R 484. 

 Sealed Blue Partridge. 



566. B. u. um-bel-16-i'-des. Lat. vmhellus, which see, next above, and elSoj. 



567. B. u. sa-bi'-m-i. To J. Sabine. 



568. Lag-5'-pus al'-bus. Gr. A.a7w7rouy, Lat. /fff/o/jjw, hare- foot; Aa^tiy, a liare, and iroDs, foot. — 



Lat. albus, wliite. For the length of tiie accented penult, see Archibuteo, No. 525. 

 589. L. ru-pes'-tris. Late Lat. rupestris, pertaining to, or inhabiting, rocks; rupes, a rock. 



570. L. leu-cii'-riis. Gr. Aeuko'?, wliite, ovpa, tail. 



571. Or'-tyx vir-gin-i-a'-na. Gr. oprv^, a quail; related to opraXh; both are akin to opvts, a 



bird. The word is masculine in Greek, but in transliteration into Latin becomes 

 feminine, like other nouns of same termination. — The English word partridge, Scot. 

 patrick, Fr. perdrix, Span, perdlz, Ital. perdlce, Lat. perdix, Gr. irepSil, are all the same. 



572. O. V. flo-ri-da'-na. To Florida. 



573. O. V. tex-a'-na. To Texas. 



574. Or-6r-tyx pic'-ta. Gr. Spos, a mountain, and opru^; see Oroscoptes, Iso. 14. — Lat. p'rti/s, 



painted, depicted ; pingo, I paint ; in allusion to the beautiful colors. 



575. Loph-or'-tyx cal-T-for'-ni-ca. Gr. \6<pos, a crest, helmet, and uprv^. 



576. L. gam'-bgl-i. To William Gambel, of Fhiladclphia. See Zonotrlckia, No. 278. 



577. Cal-li-pep'-la squa-ma'-ta. Gr. Ka\6i, feminine naWri, and TreVxor, a certain robe of 



state; KaWnre-rrKos, beautifully robed, as this quail is. — Lat. squamata, squamous, scaled, 

 covered with scales, the peculiar colors presenting such an appearance; squama, a scale. 



