Vol. XXXIl 

 1914 J 



FiGGiNS, UUraminute Distinctions. 



65 



Description of Lophortyx garnbeli 

 FROM California. 



Adult Male. 

 Occiput; light rufus posteriorly, 



dark chestnut anteriorly. 

 Band of white across forehead and 



extending to nape. 

 Throat; dull brouTiish black. 

 Crest; sooty brown. 

 Forehead; varying from brownish 



black streaked with gray to equal 



markings of gray and black. 

 Band of white around black of 



throat, extending to eye. 

 Chest; cream j^ gray, quills dusky 



gray. 

 Back of neck ; gray, quills dusky gray. 

 Back, rump, scapulars and tertials; 



brownish gray, quills distinct 



reddish brown. 

 Inner edge of tertials; buff to creamy 



white. 

 Tail; dark blue-gray, tinged on 



edge and tip with brownish. 

 Upper tail coverts; same as rump, 



but mottled with grayish white. 

 Primaries, secondaries and spurious 



primaries; grayish brown, outer 



web lighter, quills brown. 

 Sides; rich chestnut streaked with 



white. 

 Flanks; buff, broadly streaked with 



chestnut and gray. 

 Upper belly; creamy white to deep 



buff. 

 Belly; brownish black, lateral and 



posterior feathers mottled with 



buff and chestnut. 

 Lower belly; buff to ochre with 



brown markings. 

 Under tail coverts; light to deep 



buff with bar of grayish brown 



along quills. 

 Feet; flesh brown. 

 Bill; dark brown to brownish 



black. 



Description of Lophortyx gambeli 

 FROM Colorado. 



Adult Male. 

 Occiput; uniform brown. 

 Band of white across forehead and 



extending to nape. 

 Throat; glossy black. 

 Crest; sooty black. 

 Forehead; equally streaked with 



gray white and black. 

 Band of white around black of 



throat and extending to eye. 

 Chest; pure blue-gray, quills dusky 



gray. 

 Back of neck; pure blue-gray, quills 



dusky gray and terminating in a 



tip of dark brown. 

 Back, rump, scapulars and tertials; 



gray, tinged with olive. 

 Inner edge of tertials; white to 



creamy white. 

 Tail; dark blue-gray, quills brown- 

 ish black. 

 Primaries and spurious primaries; 



brownish gray, lighter on outer 



edge, quills dark brownish gray. 

 Sides; dark purplish brown, 



streaked with white. 

 Flanks; buffy cream, broadly 



streaked with brown. 

 Upper belly; very pale buflf. 

 Belly; uniform slaty black. 

 Lower belly; very pale buff. 

 Under tail coverts; creamy buff 



with bar of brownish gray along 



quills. 

 Feet; flesh brown. 

 Bill; brown to Vandyke brown. 

 Iris; brown. 



