o92 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS. — GALLING — ALECTOROPODES, 
outstretched feet not reaching to its end. Bulk of the Bob-white, but longer; 10.00-11.50; 
vj'mg 4.00 or more ; tail 3.00 or more. Coloration chiefly in masses ; sexes unlike. $ with 
the chin and throat jet-black, sharply bordered with white ; a white line across the vertex and 
along the sides of the crown, bordered behind by black; 9 without these head- markings. 
Eggs colored. Two elegant species in the U. S. 
Analysis of Species. 
cf middle of belly orange-chestnut ; sides like back, with white stripes ; hind-head smoky-brown ; fore- 
head chiefly whitish, with white loral line calif arnica 576 
cf middle of belly jet-black; sides chestnut with white stripes; hind-head chestnut; fore-head chiefly 
black ; no Avhite loral line gambeli 576 
Fig. 412. California Helmet Quail, J nat. size. (From Brehm.) 
575. L. califor'nica. (Lat. Californian. Fig. 412.) Californian Partridge. Valley Quail 
of the Californians. ^ : With a small white line from bill to eye ; forehead whitish with black 
lines; occiput smoky-brown ; nuchal and cervical feathers with very dark edging and shaft-lines, 
and fine whitish speckling. General color of upper parts ashy, with strong olive-broM^n gloss, 
the edging of the inner quills brownish-orange. Fore breast slaty-blue ; other under parts tawny, 
deepening centrally into rich golden-brown or orange-chestnut, all the feathers sharply edged 
with jet-black ; sides olive-ashy like the back, with sharp white stripes ; vent, flanks, and 
crissum tawny, with dark stripes. Length 10.00-11.00 ; wing 4.25 ; tail 3.75 ; tarsus 1.25 ; 
middle toe and claw rather more. Besides lacking the definite head-markings, the 9 wants 
the rich sienna color of the under parts, which are whitish or tawny with black semicircles 
