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NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Species. 

 C. massena. Sliafl-slrciiks of \vin},'-foallii'i's yollowish-whiti? ; siilos with 

 siiiiill loiiiicl wliili' spdl.-; , iiiiMlial lowi'i- itarls dark iiiai(inii-L-liusliiiil. llitb. 

 Nortlii'i'ii Moxii'ii, and ndjacciil jiortioiis of the I'liilfd States, IVoiii the 

 Ujiper Rio Grande and Colorado Valleys!, south to Mazalian. 

 C. ocellatUB.' Siiaft-streaks of wiiii,'-lealliers chestiLiil-riiloiit!. Sides with 

 laij,'u nifoiis spots, medial lower pai-ts bright rufous, lighter anteriorly. 

 Hub. Southern Mexico, and Guatemala. 



Cyrtonyx massena, Gould. 



HASSEKA FABTBIDGE, 



Orttjx viassciM, Lesson, Cent. ZoiJl. 1830, 180. — Fin.scm, Abli. Xnt. 1870, " (Gnadela- 

 jara). Cijrtoiiijx mansfiiti, (ioll.li, >lou. Odoiit. IS.'iO, 14 ; tab. vii. — .M'C'ali,, I'r. 

 A. X. Sc. V, 18.^)1, 221. -C.vssix, lllnst. I, i, ISSa, 21, jil. x.xi. — Rkkmknii. Syst. 

 Av. 18,iO, pi. xxvii. — B.\iui>, Bird.s N. A. lS.-)8, ti47. — In. Mc'.\. B. II, Birds, 23. — 

 Dkfsskii, llii.s, 18t)<>, 2it (Bandera Co., IVxas ; breeds). — Coi:i:s, P. A. X. S. 186t), 95 

 (Fcjit Whijijilc, Arizima). — (iu.vY, Cat. Brit. Mus. V, ISti/, 74. —('oof. Orn. Cal. I, 

 1870, ^tUi. Orhij: miiiilrzuiiKi:, Vionus, Zuol. Jour. V, 1830, 275. OihnitoplKinia milea- 

 (ji-i.^, W.\(ii.i;ii, l.sis, XXV, 1832, 271». Tclniu ijultata, Dv. L.\ Llavk, liegistro Triiue.stn!, 

 I, 1832, 145 (Cassix). 



Sf. Chah. Mule. Head striped with white, l)laok, and lead-color; chin black. Feathers 

 above streaked eenlrully with whitish, those on the outer surface of the wings with two 



series of rounded black spots. Central line of 

 breiist and belly dark chestnut ; the abdomen, 

 thighs, and crissum black ; the sides of breast 

 and l)ody lead-color, with round white .spots. 

 Legs l)Uie. Length, 8.75 ; wing, 7.00; tail, 2.50. 

 Female. Prevailing color light vinaceons-cin- 

 nanion, tlio upper parts barred and streaked as 

 in the male. Head without white or black 

 stripes. Sides with a few narrow, irregular 

 streaks of l)Iaek. 



YoniKj. Somewhat similar to the adult female, 



but lower parts whitish, the feathers, especially 



on the breast, with tiansver.^e blackish spots on 



both wel)s. 



Chick. Head dingy white, with a broad occipital elliptical patch of chestnut-brown, 



and a blackish streak behind the eye. Above rusty-brown, ob.scnrely spotted with black ; 



a white stripe on ea(;h side of the rump. Beneath almost uniform dull white. 



Hah. Chielly on the Upper Rio Grande from the high jjlains of the Pecos. Fort 

 ■\Vhipple, Arizona; Northern Mexico, southward, on the west coa.st, to Mazatlan. 



Habits. This Quail was first met with hy Lieutenant Coucli in the canon 

 Guyaijueo, about twelve leagues south of Monterey. Though rather shy they 

 seenieil (juite at home in tlie cultivated fields and sttibbles of the ranches. 

 Mr. Clark tirst noticed the species among a flock of the Orti/x tvcaiia. 

 Once, on Hushing a covey of the latter, a bird was seen to remain beliiud, and 

 showed 110 inclination to follow the rest. It att.om2)ted to hide in the grass, 



1 Cyrtonyx occl/atim, Gould, P. Z. S. IV, p. 78. — In. Moxoo. OJont. 



Cyrtonyx ma.tsfna. 



