appp:ndix. 523 



Riich essential respects from the f'uliiiTi furm tlmt tliey merit a distinctive name. 

 The cliarncteristic t'eatiuvs of tliis form lire the foUowing: — 



CiiAii. Al)ove, with (lurk lihiish-;.'riiy |iii'ViiiliiiL.'. niii_v tiic anterior ]iiirl of the liiii-l< Ipciiiir 

 wnslicd, or mixed, with reiidisli ; seapnlar-i and teilials ([iiile coiispiciioiisly lM)r<l('i('d \\\l\\ 

 whitisli. Tlie wliole frniy siniiice more or less luoUifd or barred witii lilack. Tiie head- 

 stripes are iicarlv iiiiirormly hlaelc, with only a little rusty mixed in llic >.rcipnl ; tlie hlack 

 ffidar eollar is niiicli extended, encroai'liinu' on the liirc.at, anteriorly, so as to leave (miIv an 

 inch, or less, of white, and ]i(isterii)rly invadi's the jnirnliini, so that there is nmre than an 

 ineli of eonlinuoiis Idaek. ami ovei' this distanee wheri' lilaek predominates. The entire 

 uhdonien, anal re^'ion, and lu'easl are iieavily liarred with lilaek. the Idaek liars nn the l.reast 

 nlmost eiinallinj,' IIk; white fines in width. The sides, Hanks, and erissnrn are lu'arly nni- 

 form rnliins, iIk; feathers of the former with white edjres, broken by the extensidiis of 

 the blaek streak which runs inside the white, while thi; latter have heavy blaek medial 

 streaks and white terminal spaces. 



The female is similar, except in the eohtr of the heacl, which is exactly that of var. 

 texiDi im, 



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i.or>-i.U). 



OreortjrZ piCtUS (111, 17")). Dr. Cooper f<iini(l these birds alrojidy ]>iiire(l 

 nctir the snininit of the Sierra Nevada, where the snow was Imt half melted otf, 

 and they scarcely descended below the limits of the snow in the coldest weather. 

 In Ju"ly ho saw younj; birds just hatched near Triickce, at an elevation of (),<)()() 

 feet. This was on tiie 21th. On the 2Sth another brood, ii little older, was 

 seen lit the foot of Mt. Stanford, about 8,(t(M) feet above the sea. .Most of the 

 broods, however, were nearly fledned at tiiat time. Dr. Cooper also mentions 

 that he found this Quail not rare in the mountains east of San Diee:o above an 

 elevation of 3,800 feet. He thouiLfht, also, that lie heard this bird in the Santa 

 Anna range cast of Aimaheim. It also exists in the .Santa In.'z Mountains, six- 

 teen mile.'* ea.st of lr>ii.\ Buenaventura, at an altitude of from ;i,0(IO to 1,000 feet. 

 It seems to be confined to the zone of coniferous trees, rarely if ever coming below 

 them. Mr. Henshaw has obtained this species at Apache, in Arizona. 



Lophortyz gambeli (III, 182). Captain Hendire found this Quail breeding 

 in the vicinity of Tucson, in Arizona, near Itillito Creek, occasionally nesting in 

 situations above the ground. One nest, seen .Fune 7, 1872, contained three fresh 

 eggs. It was two feet above the ground, on a willow stump, and in an exposed 

 place, near the creek. Tiie nest was composed of the leaves of the cottiiiwood- 

 tree. In some instances he found as many as eighteen eggs in one nest. Tlieso 

 closely resemble the ege-s of the California (i)uail, so nuicii so as to be hardly dis- 

 tinguishable from them. They are all of a rounded oval shape, sharply tai)ering 

 at one end, and (|uito obtuse at the other. They measure 1.21 inches in lengtii 

 by one inch in their iirgest breadth. Their ground-color varies from a deep cream 

 to a light drab. Some arc sparingly marked with large and well-detined spots, 

 most of them circnl.ar in shape, and of a rich pin-plish-brown color. In others the 

 whole stu'facc is closely sprinkled with minute spots of yellowish-brown, inter- 

 mingled with which are larger spots of a dark purple. This species was obtained 

 in Southern Utah by Mr. Henshaw. 



