PKUDICID.E-Tlll.; I'AKTRllHil'JS i^- 



tlie win.irs. An ogo- of this l.inl, lmu.,1 l.y ]),.. Ileeriuauu clroppo.l un,ni the 

 mu , wus ni Unm au.l color like tl.iit of li.c (•o.nnion ^uail, l.,u suuiUor 



Air l).^8s.r states tl.ut in Texas this bird is known as the "Co.un.on 

 lartmlge of the eountry. ]le found it abundant everywhere in localities 

 suitable to Its habits. Near Matanioras it was very eon.nion, an.l was the 

 only speeies of Quail he noticed there. At ICagle I'ass and I'iedras Xeoras 

 where the soil is .san.ly, the grass .scanty, and cacti abundant, he .saw only 

 one bevj- but plenty of the Co//ij,,pf, .,,,„„„,,. Xear San Antonio only 

 tins Qua.1 is lound, nor did he observe any other species in travellin-^o- 

 wards the northeast. Amongst the Bandara Hills, where he n.et with"the 

 Masscna 1 artndge, he also fonn.l the Texan (,)uail in the Nalley an.l near the 

 nmize-fields. In travelling IVoni Brownsville to San Anto.do the Texan 

 gnaii was everywhere abundant except in the sand-.lese.ls. This s.-ecies 

 was found to be rathe. =rreg.lar as to its breeding-sea.son, as he found youn.^ 

 bn-ds near Matanioras e.,ly in July, and in September again met with'ouite 

 you,...- bn'ds near the Nueces L'iver, and Dr. ileern.ann informed him that 

 lie had likewise procured eggs near San Antonio late in Sei.teniljer He ob- 

 tained a set of their eggs taken near San Ant.,nio, which are very similar to 

 those ol the Ortyx viryinianus, but are sligiitly smaller. 



Genus OREORTYX, Baird. 



Orcortyx, BAini,, Birds of N. A,,,. 18.^8. (Tyj,., Or,,,.,- indu, DoroLA.s.) 



a^x C„AR. Body stout, l.roa.l; bill largo; a nro.^t of two or ,hr.v n,,,,.], ..lon^ated 



noar feathers, spr,„,n„. iro.n ti.c n.idcllo of tl,. vorlox ; tail short, broad, ...ar..o in Ir 



ha„ hah the win,, rounded, the longest feathers no, „.n..h excedin. ,ho .o ■ s " 



Un eloped, the elaws extendn,. beyond the tip of the tail ; the lateraUoes short, tie X 



ckv falhn, eonsulerably short of tlie base of the middle. Very similar to Or,,r, exl^^ 



in the crest. Sexes similar. • ' "-^"-'l"- 



Oreortyx pictus, B.urd. 



PWMED PABTEIDGE; MOUNTAIN QUAIL. 



Odont. pi. xv.-Ni.:w«Euuv. Hop. R K. K. VI, ,v, 1857, '..3. - IIkkkm X s 61 

 0| -/,.,.y«.»yWv, Goru,, Pr. Zo.l. So. V. 1837, 42.-An.. Sy„. ISa,;, .oa - ' 

 B d.s Amcr.V. 1842, 60, pi. ..xn. /', .//„■ ,,,„„y;,,„, .vn.. Orn. ni„«. V IS .' 

 220, pi CCC..XXU. Lo,,l,orn,r.j,!,n„ifn;,, X,-rTA,.L, Man. I, (2d -d.,) 1840, 7!.l Onor- 



c^tu:!^^ '' ""■ ^'"- ''''' '''■ - '"""^" ^ ^••-'^'■'-' '''■ - ^'— ' 0- 



Sp. CnAH. ITe.nd with a crest of two straight feather.., mneh longer than the bill and 

 head. Antenor half of the body ,rayi,.h-plnmbeons ; the upper par-s gene Iv i 

 oous-brown with a slight shade of rufons, this ext-n.ling narrowlv along he , e 



crest. Head beneath tlie eyes and Uiroat orange-chestnut, border;d ulo ig the o li, a , 



