476 Descriptions of New Species of American Birds. 



rufous ; tail brownish rufous, with brighter rufous margins ; wings 

 blackish brown, edged with rufous ; middle and larger wing 

 coverts rufotfs ; inside of wings pale cinnamon ; under surface 

 grayish white, washed with pale cinnamon, darker on the sides and 

 somewhat dusky on the breast. 



Habitat. — Western Mexico, Plains of Colimai 



Collected by John Xantus, January, 1863. 



Types in Mns. Smith. Ins., No. of $ , 29,402, of $> , 30,126. 



Remarks. — This differs from the allied species in the much 

 lighter character of its plumage, both above and underneath, 

 the rose color on the neck in front is of a lighter shade than in 

 II affiniS) and more restricted. 



14. Ortyx graysoni. 



Male. Front, lores, a broad superciliary stripe extending to the 

 hind neck, sides of the head and entire throat pure white ; a line of 

 black extends back from the eye, and encircles the white of the 

 cheeks and of the lower part of the throat, forming a narrow collar 

 across the breast ; the entire under plumage besides is of a bright 

 reddish chestnut, the flanks are marked with round white spots 

 partly surrounded with black ; the under tail coverts are whitish at 

 their ends and striped with black along their shafts ; crown and 

 hind neck blackish brown, intermixed with dark rufous and small 

 spots of white, lower part of neck behind blotched with reddish 

 chestnut, connecting with the same color on the breast ; back, 

 wings and upper tail coverts handsomely variegated with blackish 

 brown, gray and white, the upper part of the back in addition in- 

 termixed with chestnut ; tail of a rather light bluish cinereous, with 

 the two central feathers and the ends of the others, finely freckled 

 with dark brown, ashy gray and whitish ; quills of a light umber 

 brown edged with grayish white ; bill black ; " hides brown ; " 

 tarsi and toes yellowish brown. 



Length of skin about 8 in. ; wing 4% ; tail 21 ; tarsi 1^-. 



Habitat. — Western Mexico, Guadalaxara. 



