194 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



tipper parts brownish, more or less barred and spotted with black, and conspicu- 

 ously streaked with whitish, buff, or rufous; outer webs of quills spotted with 

 white ; anal region, thighs, and lower tail-coverts uniform velvety black. 



a 1 . Adult male without rufous or chestnut on flanks. 



Adult male : Crest plain brownish, spotted with black anteriorly ; sides of 

 head chiefly pure white, relieved by a stripe (widening posteriorly) of 

 dark plumbeous extending from corner of mouth backward to beneath 

 ears, throwing off a branch (darker in color) on each side of forehead, 

 and a postocnlar black stripe or elongated patch ; scapulars, etc., marked 

 with broad medial streaks of buffy or whitish ; entire sides and flanks 

 dark plumbeous, marked with numerous round spots of pure white ; 

 belly and middle line of breast dark chestnut. Adult female : Prevailing 

 color light pinkish cinnamon, the upper parts streaked and barred much 

 as in the male ; head without white or black stripes ; sides with a few 

 irregular streaks or bars of black. Young : Similar to adult female, but 

 lower parts dull whitish, many of the feathers, especially on breast and 

 sides, with transverse spots of blackish, on both webs. Downy young : 

 Head pale brown, becoming gradually whitish on throat, the occiput 

 with a broad patch of chestnut ; a blackish streak behind eye ; upper 

 parts rusty brownish, indistinctly spotted with dusky, the rump bor- 

 dered along each side by a whitish stripe ; lower parts nearly uniform 

 dull white. Length about 8.75, wing 4.90-5.30, tarsus 1.05-1.10, middle 

 toe .85-.90. Egg (identification very doubtful) : 1.21 X -90, plain white. 

 Sab. "Western and central Mexico, from Mazatlan and Valley of Mexico 

 north to western Texas, Mew Mexico, and Arizona. 



296. C. montezumae (Vig.). Massena Partridge. 



a'. Adult males with flanks varied with rufous or chestnut. 



b 1 . Adult male with flanks rich chestnut, slightly varied with black and 

 plumbeous. Sab. Guatemala and southern Mexico. 



C. ocellatus Gould. Ocellated Partridge. 1 

 b*. Adult male with flanks plumbeous, barred and spotted with chestnut. Sab. 

 " Mexico." 



C. salbei Yeeb. Salle's Partridge.* 



Gores DENDRAGAPUS Elliot. (Page 186, pi. LYIL, figs. 1, 2.) 



{Nest on ground in woods. Eggs about 8-15, buffy or pale brownish, sprinkled, 

 speckled, or, more rarely, spotted with dark brown.) 



1 Ortyx oceUatma GoctD, P. Z. S. 1836, 75 (Guatemala). Cyrtongx oeellatwi Gocxd, Mon. Odont. 1*50, 

 pL8. 



Oyrt&nyx nmiehrasii Lawb^ Ann. Lye. 5". Y. i. 1877, 51 (Tehnantepee). 



Obs. — There are differences observable between two males from Guatemala on the' one hand, and one from 

 Tehnantepee (the type of C. fnmiekrasti) on the other. If these should proTe constant the latter bird would 

 require recognition as a geographical race {C. oceUatvs mtmichrasti). 



3 Gjrtoxyx tallxi Vebbeaux, Arcana Naturae, i. 1860, pL 4. 



