66 ODONTOPHORIDJE. 



Genus OREORTYX, Baird. 



Oreortyx pictus (Dougl.). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 3.) 



Oreortyx pictus, Baird, Brewer fy Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, iii. p. 475 

 (1874) ; Bendire, L ; fe Hist. N. A. Birds, i. p. 13 (1892) ; Grant, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 397 (1893) j Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 44 

 (1899). 



The single egg of the Plumed Partridge, or Mountain Quail, in the 

 Collection is of a regular oval shape, smooth, with little gloss and of 

 a pale creamy-buff colour. It measures 1-31 hy 1. 



1. Monterey, California (Dr. Canfield). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Genus LOPHORTYX, Bp. 



Lophortyx californicus (Shaw $ Nodd.). 



Lophortyx californicus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vb'g. tab. 67. fig-. 3 (1855-63) ; 



Baird, Brewer $ Ridgiv. N. Amer. Birds, iii. p. 479 (1874) ; Grant, 



Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 400 (1893) : Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 44 



(1899). 

 Callipepla californica, Bendire, Life Hist. N. A. Birds, i. p. 23, pi. i. figs. 



8-10 (1892). 



The eggs of the Californian Quail are pyriform, slightly rough, 

 with little gloss, and of a dull white or pale cream-colour, spotted 

 and blotched with dark brown, pale rufous or yellowish brown. 

 The blotches are frequently large and confluent. Specimens measure 

 from 1'07 to 1'33 in length, and from '9 to 1 in breadth. 



6. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gardens, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



London). 



4. N. America. Old Collection. 



9. San Louis Obispo, California ( W. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



F. Schwarz: Henshaw Coll.). 



Genus EUPSYCHORTYX, Gould. 



The eggs of the Quails of this genus are pyriform, rarely of an 

 oval shape. 



Eupsychortyx leucopogon (Less.). 

 (Plate VII. figs. 4 & 5.) 



Eupsychortyx leucotis, Scl $ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. .544. 

 Eupsychortyx leucopogon, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 408 (1893) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 45 (1899). 



The eggs of the White-faced Crested Quail are of a creamy-buff 



