BIRDS—PLEDICIDAE. 
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The preceding species of Perdicidae are all that are known with certainty to inhabit the United 
States. The following are stated to occur in California, but none have been seen there by 
reliable observers. They probably all belong to Lower California, or to the western coast of 
Mexico. 
Eupsychortyx cristatus, Gould. 
Tetrao cristatus , Linn. I, 1*766, 277. 
Eupsychortyx cristatus , Gould, Mon. Odont. pi. ix. 
Ortyx temmincJcii, Stephens, Shaw’s Zool. XI, 1819, 381. 
Ortyx neoxenus, Vigors, Pr. Comm. Sc. Zool. Soc. I, 1830, 3 .—Bennett, Gardens and 
Menag. II, 1838, 311, cut.—A ud. Synopsis, 1839, 200.— Ib. Birds Amer. V, 1842, 71 ; 
pi. 292. 
Perdix neoxenus, Aud. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 226; pi. 422. 
Lopliortyx neoxenus , Nuttall, Man. I, 2d ed. 1840, 792. 
Lophortyx elegans, Nuttall. 
Ortyx elegans , Lesson, “Traite d’Ornith. 1831.”— Ib. Cent. Zool. pi. 61. 
Lophortyx elegans , Nuttall, Man. I, 2d ed. 1840, 792. 
Callipepla elegans , Gould, Mon. Odont. pi. xviii. 
Ortyx spilogaster, Vigors, Pr. Comm. Sc. Zool. Soc. II, 1832, 4. Mexico. 
Lophortyx douglassii, Bo nap. 
Ortyx douglassii , Vigors, Zool. Jour. IV, 1829, 354 .—Ib. Zool. Beechey’s Voyage, 1839, 
27, pi. xi.—D ouglass, Linn. Trans. XVI, 1829, 145. 1 —Jard. & Selby, Ill. pi. cvii. 
Lophortyx douglassii , Bon. List, 1838 .—Nuttall, Man. I, 2d ed. 1840, 793. 
Ortyx easciatus, Natterer. 
Ortyxfasciatus, Natterer, MSS.—Gould, Pr. Zool. Soc. XI, 1843, 133. California. 
1 Ortyx douglasii. —Bill brown ; crest linear, black, one inch long. Irides hazel red. Body fuscous-brown, with a mixture o 
lead color and rusty or yellow streaks. Throat whitish, with brown spots. Belly foxy red or tawny white, spotted. Quill feathers 
eighteen. Scapulars and outer coverts bright brown. Under coverts light reddish brown. Tail of twelve unequal, rounded 
feathers. Legs reddish. Length nine inches. Girth twelve inches. Weight ten ounces. Flesh pleasant, dark colored. 
July 21, 1858. 
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