48 GAME BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA. 



OREORTYX P ICTUS CON FIN IS. 



Geographical Distribution. — " Mountains of San Pedro range, 

 Lower California, reaching to valleys in winter." — Anthony. 



Adult Male. — " Back wings and tail, ashy brown with slight 

 olive wash ; inner secondaries and tertials bordered with 

 white, forming, when wings are closed, two parallel bars of white; 

 foreparts above and below, slaty blue, slightly grayer above; 

 belly, rich chestnut, banded on the sides with bars of white and 

 black ; flanks, rufous ; tibia, ashy ; crissum, velvety black, 

 streaked with chestnut ; throat, chestnut, bordered laterally 

 with a narrow black line, which in turn is bordered with white ; 

 a white mask surrounding the bill and changing to grayish on 

 forehead. Arrow plumes black." — Anthony. 



