ODONTOPHORINJ^. 
‘^•vision  are  Central  America,  as  well  as  in  Jamaica  and  other  West  Indian  Islands,  that  the  species  of  this 
• Their  habits  and  modes  of  life  are  entirely  shnilar  to  those  given  in  the  first  genus. 
s.  ^ Perdjx  G.  R.  Gray,  Wils.  Amer.  Orn.  pi.  47. 
*"®*ieanu3  Unr,  Marilanclus  Linn.  ; T. 
!'Ionogr.  Odont.  pt  i pj"*' 
Nat.  de  Cubl^  — Ortyx  virginianus  D’Orb.  Sagra's 
o.  00,0,.,,  ( ’ P-j 
n’TomT  P-  182. 
pt-  ii.  pi.  Proc.  Z.  S.  1 842.  p.  1 8 1 .,  Monogr.  Odont. 
a"'";  ‘’r-  2-  S.  1 S42.  r-  ■ 82. 
(Linn.)  PI.  enl.  126.  f.  1.— Ortyx  Teinminckii 
Stepfi. ; O.  neoxenus  Vigors,  Audub.  B.  of  Amer.  pi.  423.  f.  3., 
Gould,  Monogr.  Odont.  pt  ii.  pi. ; Type  of  Eupsychortyx  Gould 
(1846). 
8.  O.  Sonninii  (Temm.)  Journ.  de  Phys.  1772.  t.  2.,  Ency. 
Meth.  t.  237.  f.  4.,  PI.  col.  75. 
9.  O.  affinis  Vigors,  Proc.  Z.  S.  1830.  p.  .3. 
10.  O.  part’icrisfatus  Gould,  Proc.  Z.  S.  1843.  p.  106.,  Monogr. 
Odont.  pt.  ii.  pi. 
11.  O.  leucotis  Gould,  Proc.  Z.  S.  1843.  p.  133. 
12.  O.  kucopogon  Less,  llev.de  Zool.  1842.  p.  175. 
13.  O.fasciatus  (Natt.)  Gould,  Proc.  Z.  S.  1843.  p.  133., 
Monogr.  Odont.  pt. ii.  pi.;  Type  of  Philortyx  Gould  (1846). 
short 
Callipepla  Wagl.'\ 
sideg  si'  weak,  with  the  culmen  slightly  elevated  at  its  base,  and  gradually  curved,  and 
^^2  lateral  ° compressed  to  the  tip,  which  is  obtuse,  and  overhangs  that  of  the  lower  mandible ; 
^asal  p)g^  ^ ^^^gins  curved,  those  of  the  loiver  mandible  slightly  biden  tated  near  the  tip  ; the  nostrils 
find  round  d ^ ®^c>Tt  broad  groove,  ivith  the  opening  closed  by  a membranous  scale.  Wings  moderate 
fhe  quills  narrowed,  and  the  fourth,  fifth,  and  sixth  equal  and  longest.  Tail  long. 
^road, 
and 
Covered  • rounded.  Tar, si  rather  shorter  than  the  middle  toe,  moderately  strong,  and 
^han  the  divided  transverse  scales.  Toes  long,  and  rather  slender,  with  the  inner  shorter 
and  slio-l  +1  *^*^*^’  anterior  ones  united  by  a short  membrane  ; the  hind  toe  moderate. 
y le\ated  ; the  claws  long,  rather  slender,  and  slightly  curved. 
or 
elegant  birds 
®*’ai]ar  pla^  • **^'^*^  found  in  California  and  Mexico,  where  they  seem  to  j)i'efer  the  dry  gravelly  or  sandy  plains 
file  ground  woods.  They  generally  live  in  bands  of  two  to  three  hundred  individuals,  and  seek  their  food 
file  app).Qg^|,|  consists  of  seeds,  catkins,  and  the  leaves  of  certain  nlants,  as  well  as  various  kinds  of  insects, 
ihey  - ^ ct 
"'"se  thick, 
^ _ seeds,  catkins,  and  the  leaves  of  certain  plants,  as 
*^y  are  extrem  leave  the  interior,  and  migrate  in  large  flocks  to  the  immediate  vicinity  of  the  coast. 
> +i,r  , y fiuarielsome  and  fight  with  great  determination.  The  nest  is  formed  on  the  ground  in  the  midst  of 
^et,  and 
1-  C. 
IS  made  of  grass  and  dry  leaves.  The  female  usually  lays  from  eleven  to  fifteen  eggs. 
ci'; '"«»«»  f--  '■  p>- 
Ln^i,  ^ t 6o  n ^ ould,  Shaw,  Nat.  Misc.  pi.  345.,  Less. 
'■">  »«!:  P--  8 p>- , np8  of 
C.  (1838). 
®P‘>08aster  ^ould.  Less. 
Cent,  de  ZooL  t,  6l.  — Ortyx 
4.  C.  picta  (Dough)  Gould,  Linn.  Trans,  xvi.  p.  I67.  — Ortyx 
plumifera  Gould,  Icon.  Av.  ph,  Audub.  B.  of  Amer.  pi.  422.  f.  1, 
2.,  Gould,  Monogr.  Odont.  pt.  i.  pi. 
5.  C.  Douglasii  (Vigors),  Zool.  Journ.  iv.  p.  354.,  Zool.  Beechey’s 
Voyage,  Birds,  pi.  11. 
-‘*MhhedbyM^aglerinl832  (7. 
It  is  coequal  with  Jjophortyx  of  the  Prince  of  Caniiio  (1838). 
1846. 
