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Range. — Resident in the Arid Tropical Zone from southeastern Tamauli- 

 pas (Alta Mira, Tampico, Hacienda de Naranjo) and central northern 

 Veracruz (Chijol) to southeastern San Luis Potosi (Tancanhuitz, Ma- 

 talpa, near Tamazunchale, and south of Valles). 



Type locality. — Alta Mira, Tamaulipas, Mexico. 



Colinus virginianus maculatus Nelson, Auk, xvi, 1899, 26, part (Alta Mira, s. 

 Tamaulipas, e. Mexico; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.) ; xix, 1902, 389 (crit.), pi. 14, 

 fig. 6.— Ogilvie-Geant, Ibis, 1903, 110 (crit.).— Salvin and Godman, BioL 

 Centr.-Amer., Aves, iii, 1903, 299, in text under Ortyx texanus (crit.). — 

 Phillips, Auk, xxviii, 1911, 74, part (Alta Mira, Tamaulipas) .—Peters, Check- 

 list Birds World, ii, 1934, 48, part. — Sutton and Burleigh, Condor, xlii, 1940, 

 260 (Valles, San Luis Potosi, Mexico) ; Wils. Bull., Iii, 1940, 223 (fairly com- 

 mon; Tamazunchale, San Luis Potosi, Mexico). — Aldrich, Proc. Biol. Soc. 

 Washington, Iv, 1942, 67 in text, 68 in text (crit.; spec; distr.). — Hellmayr 

 and Conover, Cat. Birds Amer., i. No. 1, 1942, 242, part (syn. ; distr.). 



[Colinus] maculatus Sharpe, Hand-list, i, 1899, 45. 



Ortyx texanus (not of Lawrence) Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, 

 iii, 1903, 298, part (XicotencatI, Sierra Madre above Victoria, and Alta Mira, 

 Tamaulipas) . 



Ortyx graysoni panucensis Lowe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, xxiii, 1908, 18 (Valley of the 

 Panuco River, near Tampico, Mexico).- — Aldrich, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- 

 ton, Iv, 1942, 67, in text (crit.). 



COLINUS VIRGINIANUS ARIDUS Aldrich 



Jaumave Bobwhite 



Adult male. — Similar to that of Coliniis virginianus maculatus but paler, 

 more grayish, the black areas more restricted above and the reddish' 

 coloration of underparts paler; from C. v. texanus it differs in laeing 

 more grayish with the underparts more extensively rufescent. 



Adult female. — Similar to that of C. v. maculatus but paler and more 

 grayish, the reddish pectoral band almost obsolete; more grayish also 

 than C. V. texanus. 



Adult male.— Wing 104-109.5 (106.8); tail 56-65.5 (60.2); exposed 

 culmen 13-14 (13.8) ; tarsus 29-32.5 (30.8) ; middle toe without claw 

 25.5-27.5 (26.4 mm.). 12 



Adult female.— Wing 104.5-106.5 (105.6) ; tail 58-65 (60.8) ; exposed 

 culmen 14-14.5 (14.2) ; tarsus 29.5-31 (30.3) ; middle toe without claw 

 25.5-28 (26.5 mm.).!^ 



Range. — Resident in the arid regions of the interior of the coastal 

 plain and valley of the eastern foothills of the high tableland of north- 

 eastern Mexico, between the Arid Tropical and the Lower Sonoran 



" Nine specimens, measurements ex Aldrich, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, Iv, 

 1942, 68. 

 "Four specimens, measurements ex Aldrich, cit. supra. 



