SYNOPSIS SPECIERUM. 



SYNOPSIS SPECIERUM,— continued from Part III. 



9- 0. Douglasii. — Mas. corpore supra griseo-brunnescente, tectricibus alarum scapularibusque 

 luteo marginatis ; capite crista erecta, plurais frontis apicibus rigidibus, jugulo lateri- 

 busque colli albidis brunneo maculatis, pectore ventreque cinerascentibus maculis al- 

 bidis, crisso ferrugineo nigra maculato ; remigibus brunneis, cauda grisea, luteo nigro- 

 que ad apicem minute maculata. 

 Fcem. obscurior crista brevissima. 



Ortyx Douglasii, Fig. Zool. Journ. vol. iv. p. 354. — Doug* Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xvi. 

 part i. p. ] 45. 

 Long. 7-S pollices. 

 Hab. In America occidentali boreali. 

 In Museo Societatis Zoological. 



10. O. picta. — Mas. fusca subtus ferrugineo-flava nigro fasciata ; gula rubra purpurea albo 



graciliter cincta ; pectore, vertice caudaque plumbeis ; crista nigra longissima lineari, 

 lineis supercilioribus albis ; cauda tectricibus inferioribus ferrugineis. 

 Fcem. subcristata, gula pectoreque fusco-ferrugineis, fusco fasciatis. 



Ortyx picta, Doug. Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xvi. part i. p. 144. 

 Long. 10 pollices. 

 Hab. In California; interiore. 



11. O. Montezum.e. — Subcristata, brunnea, capite duobus striis, lma. supra oculos alba, 2<3a. e 



naribus ochraceo-rubro ; plumis dorsi, fulvo longitudinaliter striatis per rachin, pogoniis 

 griseo nigro fasciatis ; tectricibus griseo brunneis, nigro notatis ; gula, striga e rictum 

 ad auriculas, auriculisque nigris, subtus oculis stria e basi maxillae torque gulari albis ; 

 pectore abdomineque medio castaneo-rubro, lateribus amborum hypochondriisque ni- 

 grescente-griseis maculis albis ; crisso nigro. 

 Ortyx Montezuma;, Vig. MS. 



Long. 7-9 pollices. 



Hab. Mexico. 



In museo Societatis Zoologies. 



Note. In our remarks on this genus in No. III. we have mentioned 0. Californica as of du- 

 bious authority. Numerous specimens have since been brought by Captain Beechey from Cali- 

 fornia. They are now alive in the Garden of the Zoological Society, where they have thriven well 

 in company with Ortyx Sonnini, and some others of this group. Mr Douglas also met with them 

 in abundance in the same countries. We have seen several specimens also of 0. capistrata, all 

 from Mexico ; and the collections of Mr Swainson, Mr Selby, and we believe, that of Lord 

 Stanley, may be set down as possessing it. 



Ortyx guttata will form the subject of Plate 20. Part VIII. 



