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Lophortyx gambeli sanus AMfeuicAN Ornithologists' Union, Check-list, ed. 4, 1931, 

 90 (distr.).— Bent, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 162, 1932, 84 (life histr.; distr.). 



Lophortyx gambelii sana Hellmayr and Conover, Cat. Birds Amer., i. No. 1, 1942, 

 234 (syn. ; distr.). 



LOPHORTYX GAMBELII IGNOSCENS Friedmann 



Texas Gambel's Quail 



Adult. — Similar to the corresponding sex of the nominate race, but 

 with the long feathers of the sides and upper flanks Hghter in color — 

 between Sanford's brown and chestnut, while in typical gambelii they 

 are between chestnut and bay; and somewhat paler generally, especially 

 so on the crown, breast, and back.^' 



Adult male.— Wing 111-121 (116) ; tail 92-100 (96.2) ; culmen from 

 base 14.5-15.6 (15.1) ; tarsus 29-31.5 (30.2) ; middle toe without claw 

 24.1-27.7 (26.1 mm.)."" 



Adult female.— Wing 105-118 (112.3) ; tail 84-92 (87) ; culmen from 

 base 13-14.9 (14.1); tarsus 29.9-31 (30.3); middle toe without claw 

 24.1-28 (26 mm.). 91 



Range. — Inhabits the extremely dry desert region, sometimes called 

 the "eastern succulent desert," from Fort Fillmore, N. Mex., east to 

 extreme western Texas — El Paso, Belen, San Elizario, and Fort Han- 

 cock, east to Presidio del Norte and to the Limpia River, Jeff Davis 

 County. It does not extend farther eastward into Brewster County, and 

 apparently does not go southward into adjacent areas of Mexico, but 

 is limited to the area of low rainfall (under 10 inches a year). 



Type locality — San Elizario, Tex. 



Lophortyx gambelii (not of Gambel, 1843) McCall, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila- 

 delphia, 1851, 221 (Limpia River, w. Texas, and westward; habits). — Baird, 

 Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 645, part (San Elizario, Tex.; Fort Fillmore, 

 N. Mex.). — Heermann, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., x, Parke's Route, 1859, 19, part 

 Eagle Springs, Tex.).— Kennerly, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., x. No. 3, 1859, 33, 

 part (Upper Rio Grande). 



Callipepla gambelii American Ornithologists' Union, Check-list, ed. 2, 1895, 109, 

 part. 



Lophortyx gambeli Dresser, Ibis, 1866, 28 (near Fort Qark, Tex.). — Salvin and 

 GoDMAN, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves., iii, 1903, 292, part (w. Texas ; New Mexico, 

 part).— juDD, U. S. Biol. Surv. Bull. 21, 1905, 56, part, pi. 2 (range; habits; 

 food) . — American Ornithologists' Union, Check -list, ed. 3, 1910, 137, part. 



L[ophortyx] gambeli Coues, Key North Amer. Birds, ed. 2, 1884, 593, part (Pecos 

 and San Elizario, Tex.). 



[Lophortyx] gambeli Sharpe, Hand-list, i, 1899, 44, part (w. Texas). 



Callipepla gambeli Gray, List Birds Brit. Mus., pt. 5, Gallinae, 1867, 79, part. — 

 Cooke, Bird Migr. Mississippi Valley, 1888, 103, part (w. Texas). 



^ The characters of this race are more pronounced in the males than the females. 

 "' Five specimens including the type. 

 " Three specimens. 



