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THE CALIFORNIAN ORTYX. 
Ortyw Califomica, — Stephens. 
PLATE XL 
Californian colin, Ortyx Californica, Stephens, Continua- 
tion, vol. xi. p. 384. — Californian Quail, Gardens of Zoo- 
logical Society, ii. p. 29. a beautiful woodcut. 
This graceful and beautifully marked species is 
found in the low woods and plains of California, and 
was met with during both the voyages of La Pe- 
rouse and Vancouver ; and a figure is given in the 
atlas of plates accompanying the former. A single spe- 
cimen, pai't of the produce of the latter 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 Beechey from his voy- 
age to the Pacific, &c., who brought with him speci- 
mens alive. One only survived its arrival to the 
Zoological Gardens, but seemed to bear the change 
of climate perfectly. 
The general colour of the upper plumage is a 
brownish-grey. The feathers on the back and sides 
of the neck have a deep black margin, and often a 
white tip. The throat is deep rich black, but be- 
tween and the angular markings of the sides there 
