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Mus. Comp. Zool.). — Bancroft, Condor, xxii, 1930, 25 (Jose Maria Canon; 

 breeding; San Ignacio, Baja California). — American Ornithologists' Union, 

 Check-list, ed. 4, 1931, 90 (distr.).— Bent, U. S. Nat. Mus., Bull. 162, 1932, 72 

 (life hist.).— Peters, Check-list Birds of World, ii, 1934, 4S.— Rowley, Condor, 

 xxxvii, 1935, 163, in text (nesting; Mirafiores, Baja California). — ^van Rossem, 

 Auk, Ivi, 1939, 68, in text (crit.). — Hellmayr and Conover, Cat. Birds Amer., i, 

 No. 1, 1942,234 (syn. ; distr.). 



LOPHORTYX CALIFORNICA CANFIELDAE van Hossem 



Olathe Quail 



Adult male. — Similar to that of L. c. achrustera but paler, the breast 

 neutral gray (as opposed to deep neutral gray in the San Lucas quail). 



Adult female. — Similar to that of L. c. achrustera but paler, the back 

 with little or none of the olive brownish suffusion found in that form; 

 paler than L. c. orecta, the sides and flanks buflEy brown (as opposed to 

 olive brown in L. c. orecta). 



Range. — Resident in Owens Valley, east-central California.®^ 



Type locality. — Lone Pine, Inyo County, Calif. 



Callipepla californica valUcola Fisher, North Amer. Fauna, No. 7, 1893, 28, part 

 (Owens Valley; young just able to fly. Lone Pine, June 4 to 15).— Grinnell, 

 Bryant, and Storer, Game Birds California, 1918, 514, part (Lone Pine, Inyo 

 County). 



Lophortyx californica canfieldae van Rossem, Auk, Ivi, 1939, 68 (Lone Pine, Inyo 

 County, Calif. ; orig. descr. ; crit.). — Hellmayr and Conover, Cat. Birds Amer., i, 

 No. 1, 1942, 234 (syn.; crit.; distr.). 



LOPHORTYX CALIFORNICA ORECTA Oberholser 



Warner Valley Quail 



Adult male. — Similar to that of the nominate race but with the back 

 much more grayish in fresh plumage, having little or no olive-brownish 

 suffusion; very pale generally, the breast light neutral gray. 



Adult jemAde. — Similar to that of the nominate race, but with the 

 back much grayer, with little or no brownish suffusion; nearest in color 

 to L. c. canfieldae, but differs in having the sides and flanks darker — 

 olive-brown (as opposed to buffy brown in canfieldae) . 



Adult male.— Wing 109.5-118.5 (113.1); tail 87-96.5 (91); culmen 

 from base 13.5-15.5 (14.6) ; tarsus 28.5-32.5 (31.1) ; middle toe without 

 claw 25-28.5 (26.5 mm.).®^ 



Adult jemMe.—Wmg 110-113 (IH.I); tail 84-92 (86.8); culmen 

 from base 14-15.5 (15); tarsus 28-32.5 (30.3); middle toe without 

 claw 25-28.5 (26.5 mm.).®^ 



" Birds from the Sacramento Valley, while nearer to the typical race show some 

 variation in the direction of canfieldae. 

 " Seventeen specimens. 

 " Six specimens. 



