OETYX. 299 



Colinus tetanus, Sharpe, Hand-list Birds, i. p. 45 " ; Grant, Ibis, 1902, p. 239 " ; 1903, p. 110 ". 

 Colinus virginianus maculatus, Nelson, Auk, xvi. p. 26 " ; xix. p. 389, t. 14. fig. 6 ". 



Supra brunneus, nigro et rufo vermiculatim variegatus vel fasciatus, interseapnlio et tectrieibns alarum vinaceo- 

 castaneo indutis, plumis cinereo limbatis ; tectricibus alarum et primariis sepiariis, secundariis dorso 

 concoloribus ct eodem modo variegatis, intimis intus ochraeeo late limbatis ; rectricibus cineraceis, 

 supracaudalibus et rectricibus medianis nigro vermiculatim fasciatis ; pileo rufescente, loris et fascia 

 superciliari lata pure albis, nigro superne marginatis, hac postice ochracea, regione oculari et paroticali 

 nigra, hac postice castanea ; genia et gula pure albis ; fascia lata infragulari nigra ; praepectore pallida 

 vinaceo-castaneo ; corpore reliquo subtus albo, fasciis nigris transversis vel eordiformibus ornato; corporis 

 lateribus vinaceo-castaneis, maculis ovatis albis ei fasciis vel striis nigris ornatis ; crisso albido ; subala- 

 ribus pallide castaneis, apicem versus albidis et medialiter nigro striatis ; subalaribus cinereis, albido 

 marginatis; remigibus intus cinereis. Long, tota circa "-5, alae 4'3, caudae 1'8, culm. 0*6, tarsi l-l. 

 2 a marl divcrsa, supercilio, facie lateral! gulaque ochraceis ; fascia transversa gutturali maculis nigris notata ; 

 praepectore rufescente, maculis albis et fasciolis nigris variegato. Long, tota circa 7"5, alae 4-3. (Descr. 

 maris et femiuae ex Corpus Christi, Texas. Mus. nostr.) 



Hob. North America, Southern and Western Texas, north to the Indian Territory and 

 Western Kansas ® ''. — Mexico, Nuevo Leon, Hacienda de las Escobas, San Agustin, 

 San Pedro, Vaqueria, Estancia, Topo Chico {Armstrong ^), Tamaulipas, Xicotencal, 

 Soto La Marina, Sierra Madre above Ciudad Victoria (Bichardson ^), Alta Mira 

 {Nelson & Goldman'^^), Matamoros {Nelson^), Guanajuato {Buges^), Santana 

 near Guadalajara, Jalisco {Lloyd^). 



0. texanus is a form of the well-known Virginian Colin of North America. It is a 

 resident in the greater part of Texas, excepting the so-called " Staked Plains," and is 

 most abundant in the central part of the State. In Eastern Texas it is said to inter- 

 grade with the true 0. virginianus ^. 



Mr. Nelson has recently described the Tamaulipas bird as Colinus virginianus macu- 

 latus, and he figures a remarkable dark individual. The specimens from this locality, 

 in our collection, show no differences from true 0. texanus. The latter is a bird of the 

 lowlands, and, according to Mr. W. Lloyd, is not met with above 2000 feet. It is of 

 a singularly tame and unsuspicious nature, and falls an easy victim to foxes, hawks, 

 and more especially to rattlesnakes ^. 



The nest is a mere depression, and is often placed in a bunch of sedge. The eggs 

 are sometimes as many as fifteen in number, of a dull white or yellowish colour, the 

 latter tint probably being due to stain. 



2. Ortyx pectoralis. 



Ortyx pectoralis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 182 'j Monogr. Odontoph. t. 5"; Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, 

 p. 310 'j 1857, p. 206* J 1859, p. 369 '; Sumichr. La Nat. v. p. 231'; Grant, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus. xxiLp.421'; Handb. Game-Birds, p. 142"; Ibis, 1902, p. 240'; 1903, p. 110 "•. 



X)rtix pectoralis, Duges, La Nat. i. p. 141". 



Colinus pectoralis, Ferrari-Perez, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 176 " ; Nelson, Auk, xv. pp. 117, 121 " ; 

 Auk, xix. t. 14. fig. 1 ". 



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