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0[rtyx] virginianus, var. texanus Ridgway, Forest and Stream, i, No. 19, 1873, 

 290, in text. 



Ortyx virginianus, var. texanus Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. North Amer. 

 Birds, iii, 1874, 474. 



Ortyx virginiana var. texana Merrill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1878, 160 (Fort 

 Brown, Tex.; habits; descr. nest and eggs). 



Ortyx virginimm texana Sennett, U. S. Geo), and Geogr. Surv. Terr., Bull. 4, 

 No. 1, 1878, S3 (Rio Grande Valley, Tex. ; eggs) ; Bull. 5, 1879, 429 (Lomita 

 Ranch, Texas; habits) .—Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 196 (Nora. 

 North Amer. Birds, 1881, No. 480b.— Cques, Check-list North Amer. Birds, 

 ed. 2, 1882, No. 573.— Brown, Bull. Nuttall Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 41 (Boerne, 

 Kendall County, w. Texas). 



0[rtyx] v[irginiand\ texana CouEs, Key North Amer. Birds, ed. 2, 1884, 591. 



[Ortyx virginianus] b. texanus CouES, Birds Northwest, 1874, 431 (synonymy). 



[Ortyx virginianus] Subsp. b. Ortyx texanus Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 xxii, 1893, 419, part (Hacienda de las Escobas, San Agusti'n, San Pedro, 

 Vaqueria, Estancia near Monterey, and Topo Chico, Nuevo Leon; Brownsville, 

 Corpus Christi, Medina, San Antonio, and Papalote, Bee County, Texas). 



Colinus virginianus texanus Stejneger, Auk, ii, 1885, 45 (nomencl.). — ^American 

 Ornithologists' Union, Check-list, 1886, No. 289b; ed. 2, 1895, No. 289b; 

 ed. 3, 1910, p. 134.— Goss, Auk, iv, 1887, 9 (Republican Fork, w. Kans.).— 

 Sennett, Auk, iv, 1887, 24 (descr. first plumage). — Lloyd, Auk, iv, 1887, 186 

 (Tom Green and Concho Counties, Tex., west to Pecos River). — Beckham, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1888, 637, 640, 655 (Bexar and Bee Counties, Texas).— 

 Hasbrouck, Auk, vi, 1889, 237 (Eastland County, Texas). — Bendire, Life Hist. 

 North Amer. Birds, i, 1892, 8.— Attwater, Auk, ix, 1892, 233 (San Antonio, 

 Tex.). — Nelson, Auk, xv, 1898, 121 (Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas, ne. Mexico, 

 sea level up to 2,500 feet) ; xix, 1902, pi. 14, fig. 5. — Lantz, Trans. Kansas 

 Acad. Sci. for 1896-97 (1899), 253 (sw. Kansas).— Cooke, Colorado State 

 Agr. Coll. Bull. 56, 1900, 201, part (distr.).— Carroll, Auk, xvii, 1900, 341 

 Refugio County, Tex. ; abundant). — Dwight, Auk, xviii, 190O, 46 (molts, etc.). — 

 SMriH, Condor, xii, 1910, 95, in text (lower Rio Grande Valley) ; Auk, xxxiii, 

 1916, 188 (Kerr County, Tex.; nests; eggs). — Phillips, Auk, xxviii, 1911, 74 

 (Matamoros and San Fernando, Tamaulipas). — Lacey, Auk, xxviii, 1911, 206 

 Kerrville, Kerr County, Tex.). — Simmons, Auk, xxxii, 1915, 321 (se. Texas; 

 habits; Birds Austin Region, 1925, 79 (Austin, Tex.; habits; local distr.).— 

 QuiLLiN and Holleman, Condor, xx, 1918, 39 (Bexar County, Tex. ) .—Pearson, 

 Auk, xxxviii, 1921, 523 (se. Texas). — Cahn, Condor, xxiv, 1922, 176 (Bird 

 Island, Tex. ; none seen, but common on mainland) . — Bent, Wils. Bull., xxxvi, 

 1924, 12 (se. Texas) ; U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 162, 1932, 34 (life hist.; distr.).— 

 De Laubenfels, Wils. Bull., xxxvi, 1924, 170 (Brownsville, Tex.).— Griscom 

 and Crosby, Auk, xlii, 1925, 532 (Brownsville region, s. Texas).— Bailey, 

 Birds New Mexico, 1928, 213 (New Mexico; habits; distr.).— Burleigh, Auk, 

 xlvi, 1929, 509 (Tacoma, Wash.; introduced). — Compton, Condor, xxxiv, 1932, 

 48 (hybrid between this species and Lophortyx calif arnica) . — Bennitt, Univ. 

 Missouri Studies, vii. No. 3, 1932, 26 (Missouri; uncommon). — Ransom, 

 Murrelet, xiii, 1932, 52, in text (flight; habits; Benton County, Wash.; intro- 

 duced). — Murray, Auk, 1, 1933, 199 (introd. in all parts of Virginia) .—Peters, 

 Check-list Birds World, ii, 1934, 47.— Miller, Lumley, and Hall, Murrelet, 

 xvi, 1935, 57 (Washington, San Juan Islands; introduced). — Edson, Murrelet, 

 xvi, 1935, 12 (Washington, Whatcom County; introduced). — Groebbels, Der 

 Vogel, ii, 1937, 167 (breeding biology) .—Davis, Condor, xlii, 1940, 81 (Brazos 



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