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C'ALlFOJi KTEIDGE; VALLEY QUAIL 



Lophortyx Californicus. — Bonap. 



Anterior half of body and upper 

 l.i!,- viiigs and back glossed with olive- 



bruw • of head above brownish yellow, the 



.shafts of the stilt leathers black; behind this a white trans- 

 verse band which passes back along the side of the erowii ; 

 within this while, anteriorly and laterally, is a black suft'i;- 

 -ion. The vertex and occiput are light brown. Chin and 

 (hroal Ml!-!-, margined laltraib/ and behind by a wlii;. 

 ■band ig behind th^ ily pale buff ant< ■ ^ 



(an onin -Hi irown rounded " ' ' undwniiv; 



laterally, the feH+bov> <•«! H^ Mack, 



The feat 1 1 

 centrally 

 with thV 



Willi bvown. 



hite and black of the head ; 



nish-yellow, streaked with 

 ■ . i iv .1, ;iiiu L.iui -V- i-rown of the belly Avanting. 



The ei\>i ^horl. l^cngth, 9.50; wing, 4.32; tail, 4.12. 



Young. — Head as in the adult female. Upper parts pale 

 brown, -finely mottled transversel}' with black; scapulars 

 and feathers of the back with yellowish-white shaft streaks, 

 v\'id. :■•',, feather; and with a large black 



•ged on the head, 



iMd!^;-. .wr. uj-^-M J). Ill- -• , .^ ,.r . ■ - 1 > . Abi'oad stripc 



on occiput and nape nndier-brown; upper papts with rather 



onfusod and i ed mottlings ; an indistinct au- 



i'icular. spot. "1 i:' .vlute. 



Hab. — Valley ]n ills of the Pacific Prov- 



ince of the Unite.: i;: : i<» Cape St. Lucas. 



Habits. — This '• species, according to Dr. New- 



berry, is called the Valley t^uail in California, to distinguish 

 ;. r,-nvn fi„. rin„w.,] n,-..;!. ^.^-.i. ;v,i,.,i,.'ts the hills and the 



