294 PHASIANID^. 



Beechey at Mazatlan, and the type is preserved in the British Museum. Nothing has 

 heen recorded about the habits of this species, but they are probably very similar to 

 those of its northern ally L. gamheli. 



PHILORTYX. 



Philortyx, Gould, Monogr. Odontoph. t. 14 (1846), Introd. p. 17 (1850) ; Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus. xxii. p. 405 (1893). 



In the Barred Partridge the sexes are similar in plumage, and have a well-developed 

 crest extending much beyond the feathers of the head. The tail is nearly three-fourths 

 of the length of the wing, and composed of twelve feathers. The first primary-quill is 

 intermediate in length between the ninth and tenth. 



Only one species is known. 



1. Philortyx fasciatus. 



Ortyx fasciatus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 133 '; Cooper, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, ii. p. 95 '. 

 Philortyx fasciatus, Gould, Monogr. Odontoph. t. 14'; Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 178 'j Lawr. Mem. 



Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 307 ' ; Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 406 ' ; Handb. Game- 



Birds, ii. p. 127". 

 Ortyx perrotiana, Des Murs, Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 207 '. 

 Philortyx personatm, Ridgw. Auk, iii. p. 333'; Ferrari-Perez, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 176'°. 



Supra griseo-brunneus, plamiB pallide arenariis vel griseo vermictdatim limbatis et nigro maculatis ; scapnlar- 

 ibns utrinque nigro conspicue maculatis ; tectricibus alarum et secnndariis intimis eodem modo m^aou- 

 latis et latins arenario marginatis; remigibus brunneis, primariis cano margiaatis, secnndariis fnlvo 

 vix fasciatis ; reetricibus griseis, nigro et arenario anguste vermicnlatLm transfasciatis ; pileo sordide 

 cinnamomeo ; fronte, loris et facie lateraU magis cinerascenti-brunneis ; regione postauriculari saturatiore 

 bninneo ; supercilio albido indistineto ; cristae plumis elongatis nigris, mfo tenninatis ; gula alba ; g^ttnre 

 et praepectore rufescenti-brunneis, plumis albido vel griseo marginatis, qnibnsdam nigro snbterminaliter 

 fasciatis ; corpore reliquo albo, lateribns conspicue albo nigroque transfasciatis ; crisso et snbcandalibus 

 pallide cervinis, his late nigro medialiter striatis ; subalaribus cineraceis, extemis rufescenti-brunneis ; 

 remigibus intus cineraceis. Long, tota circa 7'0, alae 4-2, caudse 2-4. cnlm. 0-.5, tarsi 1-05. 

 2 man simUis. Long, tota circa 7*5, alse 4-0. (Descr. maris et feminae ex Colima. Mus. nostr.) 

 Juv. adultis similis, sed superciliis et gutture superiore nigris. 



Pull. Vinaceo-brunneus, arenario nigroque maculatim transfasciatus, plumis medialiter ftdvescenti-albo 

 striolatis ; Cauda Tinaceo-brunnea, angnste nigro et fulvo transfaaciata ; pileo castaneo, fascia snper- 

 ciUari lata et facie laterali rufescentibus ; genis et gula summa sulfureis ; corpore reliquo subtns nigro 

 maculato, albo fasciato, rhachidibus plumarum conspicue albis. 



Hab. Mexico ^ s s ( WjiHe 4 6j^ Colima (Xantus ^ ^, Richardson % Sierra Madre del Sur, 

 Dos Arroyos, Guerrero {Mrs. H. H. Smith% Chietla, Puebla {Ferrari-Perez^ '^^). 



Nothing is known concerning the habits of this bird, which appears to be confined 

 to Mexico. The locality " California," given by Gould when describing the species, is 

 no doubt erroneous. Immature specimens are peculiar in differing from the adult in. 

 having the eyebrow-stripes and the greater part of the chin and throat black, and have 

 been described in this phase of plumage under the name P. personatus. 



