CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



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566. Bonasa umbella uxnbello'ides (Dougl.) Bd. b 405*. c sssa. r 473a. 



Gray Ruffed Grouse. 



667. Bonasa umbella sabinii (Dougl.) Coues. b 406. c 3856. i; 4736. 



Oregon Ruffed Grouse. 



668. Lagopus albus (Gm.) Aud. B 4C7, 470 ?. c 386. R 474. 



Willow Ptarmigan. 



669. Lagopus rupestris (Gm.) Leach, b 468. c 387. R 475. 



Rock Ptarmigan. 



570. Lagopus leUCUrUS Sw. B 469. C 388. R 476. 

 White-tailed Ptarmigan. 



671. Ortyx virginiana (L.) Bp. B471. c 389. R480. 



Virginia Partridge; Quail; Bob-white. 



672. Ortyx virginiana floridana Coues. b — . c 389a. R 480a. 



Florida Partridge. 



673. Ortyx virginiana texana (Lawr.) Coues. b 472. c 3896. r 4806. 



Texas Partridge. 



674. Orortyx picta (Dougl.) Bd. B 473. c 3oo. R 481. 



Plumed Partridge ; California Mountain Quail. 



676. Lophortyx californica (Shaw) Bp. b 474. c 391. r 482. 

 Crested Partridge; California Valley Quail. 



676. Lophortyx gambeli Nutt. B 475. c 392. R 483. 



Gambel's Crested Partridge; Arizona Quail. 



677. Callipepla squamata (Vig.) Gr. b 476. c 393. r 484. 



Scaled Blue Partridge. 



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566. 

 567. 

 568. 



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 570. 

 571. 



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 573. 

 574. 



575. 

 576. 

 577. 



B. u. Qm-b61-ia-i'-des. Lat. umbellus, which see, next above, and tlSot. 



B. u. sa-bi'-nl-i. To J. Siibine. 



L5g-5'-piSs al'-bQs. Gr. Ao>(4iroi;j, Lat. /(I(7o/)im, hare-foot ; Xa-ycvs, a hare, and iroDs, foot. — 

 Lat. iillms, wliite. For the length of the accented penult, see ArchUmteo, No. 525. 



L. rO-pes'-trls. Late Lat. rupestris, pertaining to, or inliabiting, rocks; rtijies, a rock. 



L. leu-cu'-riSs. Gr. Ktuno^, white, oJpo, tail. 



Or'-tyx vir-gln-l-a'-n5. Gr. Sprv^, a quail; related to ipraXls; both are akin to Spi/is, a 

 bird. The word is masculine in Greek, but in transliteration into Latin becomes 

 feminine, like other nouns of same termination. — The Knglish word partridge, Scot. 

 patrick; Fr. perdrix. Span, prrdiz, Ital. perdice, Lat. perdix, Gr. irtpSi{, are all the same. 



O. V. fl5-rl-da'-n5. To Florida. 



O. V. tgx-a'-n5. To Texas. 



0r-6r-tyx pic'-ta. Gr. upos, a mountain, and 6pTv^; see Oroscoptrs, No. 14. — Lat. pictns, 



painted, de]>icted ; pim/o. I paint ; in allusion to the beautiful colors. 

 L6ph-8r'-tyx cii-T-f5r'-nI-c&. Gr. \6<pos, a crest, helmet, and opruf. 

 L. g5m'-b«l-i. To William Gambol, of Philadelphia. See Zonotrichia, No. 278. 



Cai-ll-p5p'-15 squS-m3'-tS. Gr. KaK6%, feminine KaKK^h, and WirAot, a certain robe of 

 Btatc; KoAAiirfirAoi, beautifully robed, as this quail is. — Lat. sqiiaiimtn, squamous, scaled, 

 covered with scales, the peculiar colors presenting such an appearance; squama, a scale- 





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