THE MOUNTAIN PARTRIDGE. 



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THE TEXAS PEAIEIE HEN. 



Cupidonia cupido, Var, pallidicinctus. — Ridgway. 



IABITS. — Southwestern Prairies (Staked Plains, 

 Rig Texas?) lu its relations with the C. cupido, this 

 g^^ race bears a direct analogy to Pedioscetes columbiaiius, 

 W^ as compared with P. phasianellus and to Ortyx tex- 

 (inus, as distinguished from 0. virginianns. Thus in a niuch 

 less development of the tarsal feathers it agrees with the 

 southern Pedioecetes, while in paler, grayer colors, and 

 smaller size, it is like the southwestern Ortijx. — Baird, 

 Brewer and Ridgway. 



THE MOUNTAIN PAETEIDGE. 



Bonasa umbellns, Var, umbelloides. — Douglas. 



ABITS. — In regard to the habits of this variety we 

 have no information. It was found by Mr. Druni- 

 ggp - mond among the Eocky Mountains, near the sources 

 )^ of the tributaries of the Saskatchewan. He states that 

 those he met with were at least one-third smaller than the 

 innbellus, had a much grayer plumage and a shorter ruffle. 

 He regarded it as a distinct species from the common Par- 

 tridge, which he also encountered in the same locality. 



Mr. Eidgway met with this variet}^ on the Wahsatch 

 Mountains in October and during the summer. It was 

 known in that locality as the Pine Hen, in distinction from 

 the 7\ o/js<-urus, which was known as the Mountain Grouse 



