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572. O. V. florida'na. (Of Floridii.) Pi/)RH>A QuAlL. Kiithcr smaller, tlio $ about tho size of 

 till! 9 virijinitma, but bill nilativcly lurgcjr, and jet-black ; colors darker, all tbo black mark- 

 ings hcfavier, those of the under parts nc^ai-ly as broad as the intervening white spaces. Fbjrida, 

 and similar specimens in the lower Mississiiipi Valley; an approach to the Cuban form 

 (0. cubanensis). 



573. O. V. texa'na. (Of Texas.) Tk.xas Quail. Size ui floridana ; colors paler, the prevailing 

 shade rather gray tliau brown ; upper ]iarts mucli variegated with tawny. Kggs 1.20 X 0.93. 

 1'liese two are mere climatic varieties of one si)ecies. 



211. OltOR'TVX. (fjr. Spof, oros, a mountain ; o'/jruf, or<«.T, a quail.) Plumed Quail. Head 

 adorned with an arrcjwy crest of two slender keeled plumes, 3-4 inches long in the $ when 

 full-developed; present in 9> -shorter. Hill and feet stout; tarsus equal to the middle toe and 

 claw. Tail about | the wing, broad, rounded, with long coverts. Size large; colors massed 

 in largo areas ; se.xes alike. Eggs colored. One species. 



574. O. plc'ta. (Lat.^jM*), pictured, painted. Fig. 411.) Plumed Partridge. Mountain Quail 



of the Californians. (J 9 , adult: Back, wings and tail 

 olive-brown, the inner seccnidaries and tertiaries bordered 

 with whitish or tawny, forming a lengthwise border in 

 .single line when tho wings are folded; the primaries fus- 

 cous, tho tail-feathers fuscous, minutely marbled with 

 the colorof the back. 

 Fore -parts, abcjvc 

 and below, slaty- 

 blue (above more or 

 b'ss glossed wilb 

 the olive sbadi' of 

 the back, below mi- 

 nutely marbled with 

 black) ; the tluvjat 

 chestnut, immedi- 

 ately bordered lat- 

 erally with black, 

 then framed in a 

 firm white line, 

 broken through the 

 eye, reappearing 

 around base of un- 

 der mandible. Ex 



trenie forehead whitish. < The arrow-plumes black. Belly chestnut, the sides banded with 

 broad bars of black and white, or rufous-whitc ; middle of the lower belly, tibia, and flanks, 

 whitish or rufous; crissum velvety-black, streaked with chestnut. Bill dusky, paler below; 

 feet brown. Length 1 1.00-12.00; extent 10.00-17.00; wing 5.00-5.50; tail 3.00-3.50; tarsus 

 1.07; middle too and claw about the same. An elegant species, much larger and more beauti- 

 ful than tho Bob-whito, inhabiting tho mountainous parts of Oregon, California and Nevada. 

 Tho relative extent of tho olivo and slaty parts is very variable. There is something of a 

 grouse in the composition of this partridge. Egg a miniature of the ruffed grouse's, only dis- 

 tinguished by smaller size — 1.40 X 1-10. 



212. liOPIIOR'TYX. (Gr. \6<^os, lophoa, a crest; SpTv^, ortux, a quail.) Helmet Quail. 

 With an ehigant crest, recurved helmet-wise, of several (0-10) keeled, clubbed, glossy-black, 

 imbricated feathers, more than an inch long when fully developed ; in tho 9 , smaller, of fewer 

 feathers. Tarsus slightly shorter than middle toe and claw. Tail about | as long as tho wing ; 



Fio. 410. — Helmet Quail {L. rjamhdi). 

 nat. »lzo. (Adiial. del K. (J) 



Fig. 411. — Phimcil Quail. (From Ten- 

 ney, after Aiulubuii.) 



