66 odoniophoeidjB. 



Genus OREORTYX, Baird. 



Oreortyx pictus {Bougl.). 

 (Plate VII. flg. 3.) 



Oreortvx pictus, Baird, Brewer fy Ridgw. N^Amei: Birds', iii. p. 475 

 (1874) ; Bmdire, L'fe Hist. N. A. Birds, i. p. 13 (1892) ; Grant, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 397 (1893; ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 44 

 (1899). 



The single egg of the Plumed Partridge, or Mountain Quail, in the 

 Collection is of a regular oval shape, smooth, with little gloss and of 

 a pale creamy-huflf colour. It measures 1-31 by 1. 



1, Monterey, California (Ih: Canfield). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Genus LOPHORTYX, Bp. 



Lophortyx califomicus {Shaw ^ Nodd.). 



Lophortyx califomicus, Baedeker, Bier Bur. Vog. tah. 67. flg. 3 (1856-63) ; 



Baird, Brewer ^ JRidgw. N. Amer. Birds, iii. p. 479 (1874) ; Grant, 



Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 400 (1893) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 44 



(1899). 

 Callipepla californica, Bendire, Life Hist. N. A. Birds, i. p. 23, pi. i. figs. 



8-10(1892). 



The eggs of the Calif ornian (Juail are pyriform, slightly rough, 

 with little gloss, and of a dull white or pale cream-colour, spotted 

 and blotched with dark brown, pale rufous or yellowish brown. 

 The blotches are frequently large and confluent. Specimens measure 

 from 1-07 to 1-33 in length, and from -9 to 1 in breadth. 



6. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gardens, Salvin-Godman Col]. 



London). 

 4. N. America. Old Collection. 



9. San Louis Obispo, California ( W. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



J^. Schwarz: Henshaw Coll.). 



Genus EUPSYCHORTYX, GouU. 



The eggs of the Quails of this genus are pyriform, rarely of an 

 oval shape. 



Eupsychortyx leucopogon {Less.). . 



(Plate VII. figs. 4 & 5.) 



Eupsychortyx leucods, Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. 8. 1879, p. 644. 

 Eupsychortyx leucopogon, Grant, Cat, Birds B. M. xxii. p. 408 (1893) • 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 46 (1899). . r \ j , 



The eggs of the "White-faced Crested Quail are of a creamy-buff 



