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1. Cyrtonyx montezumaB. 



Ortyx montezumm, Vigors, Zool. Journ. v. p. 275 \ 



Cyrtonyx montezuma, Stejn. Auk, ii. p. 46 ^ Herrera, La Nat. (2) i. pp. 185, 327 ' ; Jouy, Pr. U. S. 



Nat, Mus. xvi. p. 790* ; Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H. v. p. 33 =; Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. 



Mus. xxii. p. 425 » ; Handb. Game-Birds, ii. p. 146 ' ; Ibis, 1902, p. 241 ' ; Bendire, Life 



Hist. N. Amer. Birds, p. 35, t. 1. fig. 15"; A. O. U. Check-1. N. Amer. Birds, 2nd ed. 



p. 110" ; Nelson, Auk, xix. t. 15. fig. 2", 

 Ortyx massena. Less. Cent. Zool. p. 189 " ; 111. Zool. t. 52 " j Finsch, Abb. nat. Ver. Bremen, 



1870, p. 357 ". 

 Cyrtonyx massena, Gould, Monogr. Odontoph. t. 7''; Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 305"; Lawr. Mem. 



Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 306"; Sumicbr. La Nat. v. p. 230 ". 

 Tetrao guttata, La Llave, Reg. Trim. i. p. 144" ; La Nat. Mex. vii., App. p. 65 '". 

 Odontophorus meleagris, Wagl. Isis, 1832, p. 278 ". 

 Cyrtonyx montezuma mearnsi, Nelson, Auk, xvii. p. 255 "; xix. p. 390, t. 15. fig. 1"; Grant, Ibis, 



1903, p. 111^*. 



Vinaceo-rufus, nigro transversim fasciatus, et striis albis vel fulvescenti-albis nigro limbatis longitudinaliter 

 striatus, cervicis postici plumis striis irregularibus potius sagittiformibus ornatis ; tectricibus alarum, 

 secundariisque posticis cinereis nigro maculatim conspicue fasciatis, primariis et secundariis reliquis 

 brunneis, extus albo indentatis vel maculatis ; supracaudalibus rectricibusque cinereis nigro maculatim 

 transfasciatis, et medialiter fulvo striolatis ; pileo vinaceo, nigro maculate, rhachidibus fulvis ; nucha 

 cristata, vinaceo-rufa ; supercilio et capitis lateribus cum regioue oculari albis ; loris et fascia subooulari 

 usque ad regionem paroticam produeta schistaceo-plumbeis ; collo laterali antico genisque albis, Ulo nigro 

 postice marginato ; collo laterali postico ciuerascenti-brunneo ; gula nigra, torque gutturali albo ; prae- 

 pectore et pectore medio saturate castaneis ; prEepectoris et corporis subtus lateribus nigris, albo pnlchre 

 ocellatis ; abdomine, crisso et subcaudalibus nigris ; subalaribus cineraceis, albo fasciatim maculatis ; 

 remigibus intus cineraceis. Long, tota circa 8-0, alse 5-0, caudse 1-75, culm. 0-65, tarsi 1-2. (Descr. maris 

 adulti ex Cariada, Chihuahua. Mus. nostr.) 



5 supra mari similis, sed minus distincte nigro transfasciatus, nigro tamen maculatim notato ; pileo brunneo 

 nigro maculate, crista nuchali arenaria, maculis nigris ornata ; superciUo lato et facie laterali cervinis, 

 nigro striolatis vel transfasciatis ; regione oculari et colli lateribus albis, sparsim nigro maculatis ; macula 

 parotica nigra; genis gulaque albidis ; linea malari minute nigro notata ; corpore reliquo subtus vinaceo- 

 rufo, nigro plus minusve celatim notato ; corpore laterali maculis sagittiformibus nigris, medialiter 

 vinaceo-fulvis ornato ; plumis gutturalibus imis nigro fasciatim terminatis ad fasciam nigram colli lateralis 

 conjunctis; abdomine isabellino, plumis nigro basaliter marmoratis ; subcaudalibus vinaceo-rufis, nigro 

 maculatis ; alls intus cineraceis, subalaribus albo maculatis, et primariorum pogonio externo albo 

 quadratim regulariter notato. Long, tota circa 7"3, alae 4-6. (Descr. feminse adultae ex Puebla. 

 Mus. Brit.) 



Hab. North America, Arizona ^ ^^, South-western Texas ^ ^o. — Mexico i 6 lo is it is 19^ 

 Los Pintos, Sonera, Los Vengos, Nacori, and Huerachi (Eobinetfe^), Yecoera, 

 Sonora, Jesus Maria, Caiiada, and near Choix, Sinaloa (Lloyd ^), Chihuahua [Buchan- 

 Eeplurn^), Sierra Madre above Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Sierra Madre, Tepic 

 (Bichardson^), Guadalajara (Joui/S Grayson'^^^"'), Valley of Mexico [Herrera^), 

 city of Mexico [Sumichrast ^ ^^), Puebla [Eebouch ^), La Parada [Boucard 1^). 



This beautiful Quail inhabits Western Texas and Arizona, whence it extends over 

 the tablelands as far south as the city of Mexico. Mr. Nelson recognizes more than 

 one race, and he considers that the bird from S.W. Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico 



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