PERDICIU/E— THE l'ARTl{lD(iEa 



471) 



bordered behind and intenuilly by black; a second conuuences at, the jios- 

 terior border of tlie eye, and tlien borders tliu black ol' the i/Iiin and tlimat 

 laterally and l)eiiind, the black rcaciiinj,' uj) to the eye and Ijordered anteriorly 

 by a white line from eye to bill ; lielly i)ale bull', with a large .sjiot in the 

 centre ; the tlauks streaked with white. The diagnoses of the species are as 

 follows : — 



Vpi'ti'x and occijiiit lifrlit smoky ulivc-hmwii ; loreliciul whitish; patcli in 

 thi! miihlk' of the lioliy oianu'e-chi'stniit : I'uathuis of liicast witii nariow 

 lilack ('ilf;('s ; sides of liody nhvacLMiiis-jihinilpcoiis .... L. riilifitrniots. 



Vertex and <>eei[Hil clear chestniil-brown ; forehead bhicldsh ; [latcli in 

 middle of belly bhic-k ; noie of the belly-feathers witii blaek ed|,'es; siiles 

 of body bright ehestnnt ... ..... A. (/iiinhfli. 



Lophortyx californicus, P.()x\p. 



CALIFORKIA QUAIL. 



Tclrao cnUfcrnicii'), Shaw, Nat. Misi'. jil. ccixlv (jirior to 1801). Prrdii' mlifnniii-n, 

 Latham, .Suppl. Iml. Orn. II, App. 1801, p. Ixii. — At n. Orn. I'.lii.i,'. V. 1S31», ir.2, 

 pi. I'ci'L'xiii. — HcniiiNCs, Cal. Mag. II, 1S.')7, •^^ {inmi/citl nf liinl nnil i/.i cijus). 

 Viijij: cnlifiiniicd, Srr.i'llKNs in Shaw's Zoid. XI, ISli), 384. — .Iaimiink, (iainc ISinls, 

 Nat. I.ihr. IV, lo4, pi. xi. — Civ. 1{. An. Illust. imI. (Ijsciiux, |il. Ixiv. — I5i.NNi.rr, 

 Gardens & .Mcna.n. Zuiil. .S.ic. II, i\\ {inHidcuD. — \vik Syn. lS:ii», lit'.i. — ll>. liirds 

 Anicr. V, 1842, liT, pi. cix.-. I'lnlir {Oi-Ijij-) nili/oniini, I5onai'. Syn. 1828, 12.'>. 

 Lophorlijxmllfiii-Difii, Bonap. IJ.st, 1838. — Ncttam., Man. 1, (2il nl.,) 1840, 789. — 

 BAon), liird.s N. Am. 1858, ti44. — (iu.VY, (at. lirit. Mu.s. \, 1807, 78. — Cooi-KU & 

 SrcKI.KY, 221) (to Ciilnnihia I!ivrr). — f'ool'Kl!, Orn. Cal. I, 1870, ',\\K Cnf/i/hji/a 

 cali/oniiiK, (ioii.i), .Mon. odont. ]il. xvi. — Hr.icHKNnAcH, Av. Syst. ISiiO, i>\. xxvii. 

 — Newbeim!Y, Hep. P. 1!. 1!. VI, iv, lSr)7, 'J2. 



Sr. CllAR. Crest blaek. Anterior half of body and upi>er parts ])lnnil)Ooiis ; the wings 

 and l)ack glossed with olive-brown. Anterior half of head above brownish-yellow, the 

 shafts of the slid' feathers blaek ; behind 

 this is a white traiisver.se liaiul which 

 pa.sses l)ack along the side of the erown ; 

 within this white, anteriorly and laterally, 

 is a black snlVnsion. The vertex and 

 ocoipnt are light brown. Chin and 

 throat blaek, inargine<l laterally and 

 behind by a white band, beginning 

 behind the eye. Belly pale bnll" an- 

 teriorly (an oraiigi'-lirown ronnded 

 patch in the middle) and white; laterally, 

 the feathers all niargiiK.'il alirnptly with 

 blaek. The feathers on the sides of 

 body like the back, streaked eentrally 

 with white. Feathers of top and sides 

 of neck with the nini-gins and shafts 

 black. Under tail-coverts bull', broadly 

 streaked eentrally with lirown. 



Ffwiile similar, without the white and black of the head ; the feathers of the throat 

 browni.>ih-yellow, streaked with brown. The huff ami orange-brown of the belly want- 

 ing. The er>'st short. Length, 0.50: wing, 4.:i'_' ; tail, 4.12. 



iMphortyx cati/omiciis. 



