292 PHASIC XID^. 



LOPHORTYX. 



LophoTtyx, Bonap. Geogr. & Comp. List Birds Eur. & N. Amer. pp. 42, 43 (1838) ; Grant, Cat. 



Birds Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 399 (1893). 



The Quails belonging to this genus have the plumage differently coloured in the two 



sexes and the crest well developed, extending much beyond the feathers of the head. 



The tail is about three-fourths of the length of the wing, and composed of twelve 



feathers. 



Of the three species recognized, two are found within our limits, while the third, 



the well-known Californian Quail, occurs to the north. 



1. Lophortyx gambeli. 



Lophortyx gambelii, Gambel, Pr. Ac. Philad. 1843, p. 260 ' ; Baird, Brew., & Ridgw. Birds N. Amer. 



iii. pp. 482, 523 ' ; Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 307 ' ; Belding, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 



vi. p. 344*; Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 403'; Handb. Game-Birds, ii. p. 12i' ; 



Ibis, 1902, p. 238"; Bendire, Life Hist. N. Amer. Birds, p. 29, t. 1. figs. 11-14 (eggs)'. 

 Callipepla gambeli, Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. N. H. v. p. 33'; Dwiglit, Auk, XFii. p. 49"; A. O. U. 



Check-1. N. Amer. Birds, 2nd ed. p. 109 ". 

 Callipepla gambeli fulvipectus, Nelson, Auk, xvi. p. 26'^. 



Snpra griseus, scapularibus et secundariis internis magis cinerascentibus, intus albo marginatis, quasi striatis ; 

 colli postici plumis medialiter nigro striolatis ; alis cineraeeis, remigibus pallide brunneis, rhachidibus 

 nigricantibus, secundariis extemis albido marginatis ; rectricibus cinereis, rhachidibus nigris : fronte 

 cana, plumis criniformibus ; fascia angusta vertical! utrinque nigro marginata ; crista elongata nigra 

 apicem versus graduatim latiore et quadrata ; pUeo reUquo cas'taneo usque ad nucham produeto ; 

 linea superciliari indistincta alba ; regione parotica cinerascenti-bruunea ; facie laterali et gutture 

 toto nigris, fascia alba ab oculo postico ducta distincte circumdatis; praepectore et pectoris lateribus 

 elare cinereis ; pectore pallide ochraceo, plagam conspicuam exhibente ; abdomine medio nigro, imo 

 ochracescente ; corporis lateribus saturate castaneis, albo elare striatis ; hypochondriis albidis, cinereovix 

 castaneo tincto late striatis, subcaudalibus albidis medialiter cineraceo striatis, alis intus cineraeeis. Long. 

 tota circa 9-5, alse 4-3, caudae 3-2, culm. O'O, tarsi !•!. (Descr. maris adulti ex Agua Caliente, California. 

 Mus. nostr.) 

 5 mari dissimilis, pileo dorso coneolore, cervicis plumis clarius schistaceis, plumis brunneo marginatis et 

 medialiter striatis ; facie laterali eb gutture cinerascenti- brunneis ; praepectore sordide schistaceo ; plaga 

 peotorali pallide ochracea, plumis medijuliter fusco striolatis. Long, tota circa 9-5, alae 4-9. (Descr. 

 feminae adultae ex GHa Kiver, Arizona. Mu«. nostr.) 



Hab. NoETH Amekica, Western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Southern Utah, Southern 

 Nevada, Southern California in the Colorado Valley i^. — Mexico, Sonora 

 {Grayson^), Santa Barbara (Eoiinette^), Hermosillo (Ferrari-Perez^), Guaymas 

 {Belding^), Eio Mayo (Goldman i'-), 



Z. gambeli is abundant in parts of North Mexico, wherever water is found. 

 Mr. Nelson ^^ has separated the Sonora bird as distinct from the typical race from 

 Southern Nevada, on account of its larger bill and darker and more intense colours, 

 but we do not think that these characters are sufficient to distinguish the two forms. 

 The species is common in Arizona, ranging to an altitude of 5000 feet, and in New 



