44 PERD1CIDJE. 



The VIRGINIAN PARTRIDGE. ORTYX Virginianus, Bonap. 

 Tetrao Virginianus aut T. Marilandicus, Linn. S. N. i. 

 277. Perdix borealis, Temm. Wils. Am. Orn. vi. t. 47. 

 f. 2. T. Mexicanus, Linn. pi. enL 149. Ortyx borealis, 

 Steph. 



a. Male. North America. Presented by Gen. T.Hard- 

 wicke. 



b. Female. North America. Presented by Gen. T. 

 Hardwicke. 



c. Female. North America. 



The SMALL CRESTED ORTYX. ORTYX parvicristatus, Gould. 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1843. 106. 



a. Male. South America. From Mr. Leadbeater's Col- 

 lection. 



1. Female. South America. From Mr. Leadbeater's 

 Collection. 



The BLACK-NECKED ORTYX. ORTYX nigrogularis, Gould. 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1842. 181. 



a. Mexico. From Mr. Argent's Collection. 



SONINI'S QUAIL. ORTYX Sonnini. Perdix Sonnini, 

 Temm. Pig. et. Gall. in. 451. PL col. 75. Ortyx 

 Sonnini, Steph. Coturnix fronte, &c., Journ. de Phys. 

 1772. Or. neoxenus, Vigors ? i. t. 2. Ency. Meth. 

 t. 237. f. 4. 



a. b. Male. British Guiana. From Mr. Schomburgk's 

 Collection. 



c. d. e. Female. British Guiana. From Mr. Schom- 

 burgk's Collection. 



The CRESTED QUAIL. ORTYX cristatus. Tetrao crista- 

 tus, Linn. S. N. i. 277. PL enl. 126. f. i. Or. Tem- 

 minckii, Steph. Or. affinis, Vigors. ? 



a. Male. South America. 



b. Female. South America. 



The CALIFORNIAN QUAIL. LOPHORTYX Californicus, Bo- 

 nap. Tetrao Californicus, Shaw's Nat. Misc. t. 345. 



a. Male. California. Presented by A. Menzies, Esq. 



b. Female. California. Presented by A. Menzies, Esq. 



