ORDER GALLINiE. 6l 



white margined ; belly, testaceous, with black moons. 

 California. 



To these may be added, 



Monterey Quail. Ortyx Douglasii. Vig. 



Lead-colour, brown ; crest, erect ; wings, deep brown, 

 yellow streaked ; head, cheeks, and nape, brown, yel- 

 low lined ; throat, white, brown marked ; belly, 

 white spotted. Monterey. Length, ten and a-half 

 inches. 



OrtycD Picta. Douglas 

 Lin. Trans, xvi. 143. 



Brown ; beneath, ferrugineous yellow, and black 

 banded ; throat, red-edged, with purplish white ; 

 chest, crown, and tail, lead-colour ; crest, very long, 

 black, linear ; eyebrows, white ; vent, ferrugineous. 

 Female, slightly crested ; throat and chest, ferrugi- 

 neous, brown banded.* 



The Tridactyles, Hemipodius, 



Which have no thumb, and whose compressed bill 

 forms a little projection under the lower mandible. 

 They cannot be properly classed, until we are better 

 acquainted with their anatomy. They live in poly- 

 gamy, in sandy countries. Some of them, 



* The Mexican Partridge. Lath. Perdix Ncscra. Gmel. from 

 Seba 1, t. 64. f. 1, is a very doubtful species. 



