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THE CALIFORNIAN ORTYX. 
OrUjx Catifornica.— STEmexe. 
PLATE XL ' 
Cftlifornmn colirr, Ortvx Cjiliforn lea, Stephens, Conlimia 
/Ian, vol, xi. p. 3214 — Cali torn inn Quail, Cardens of Zoo. 
logical Soiiettfi ii. ]>, £11- a beautiful woodcut. 
Tills graceful anti beautifully market 1 species ia 
found in the low woods and plains of California, mid 
was met with during both the voyages of La Pe- 
rouse and Vancouver ; and a figure is given in ihe 
atlas of plates accompanying the former A single spe- 
cimen, part of the produce of the hitter voyage, was 
deposited in the British Museum, and served for the 
descriptions and figures given in this country, pre- 
vious to the return of Captain Becehey from his voy- 
age to the Pacific, &c., who brought with him speci- 
mens alive. One only survived its arrival to the 
Zoological Gardens, hut seemed to bear the change 
of climate perfectly. 
The general colour of the upper plumage is a 
brownish-grey. The feathers on the hack and sides 
of the neck have a deep black margin, and often a 
white tip. The throat is deep rich blade, but be- 
tween and the angular markings of the sides there 
