. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. J'EUDICIDJ.: - THE J'ARTlilDGES. 4G7 All the ZN^crtli Ain.;ric(in Qnails, oxeopt numaia, have the inner torlianes edged nilernally wilJi whilLsh or hull', lunning a conspicuous line on each side oi the rump when the wings are Genus ORTYX, Strphens. Orliix, Stephens, Shaw's (!..„. X). i,si-i. (Type., ;,,, rh-;nmmv>s; I.) Gkn C,.A.!. ontiMy without any nvst. Tail .hort, soarndv more than hall the win- .omposod of niudfiatuly soft leathers. W
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. J'EUDICIDJ.: - THE J'ARTlilDGES. 4G7 All the ZN^crtli Ain.;ric(in Qnails, oxeopt numaia, have the inner torlianes edged nilernally wilJi whilLsh or hull', lunning a conspicuous line on each side oi the rump when the wings are Genus ORTYX, Strphens. Orliix, Stephens, Shaw's (!..„. X). i,si-i. (Type., ;,,, rh-;nmmv>s; I.) Gkn C,.A.!. ontiMy without any nvst. Tail .hort, soarndv more than hall the win- .omposod of niudfiatuly soft leathers. WinRs nonual. Lt-/duvd- oped, the toes r(Ni(liin;r considerahly beyond the tip of the tail; the lateral toes short, equal, their elaws rallinn- decidedly short of the base of the mid- dle claw. The genus Orfi/.r endmces numerous s])ecies, more oi' less resend)ling the well-known Uuh- white of the I'luted States. Tluiy are chiefly confined to Mexico, Central America, and the West India Islands. Xortli America and the West India Islands con- tain hut one species, and this is so exceedingly variai,l,, in ,>lumage that it is only at extreme points of its range that diflerent'os ac(piire sufhciciit constancy to he considered worthy of esi-ecial notice. The regions of its extremes of variation are the n.,rth- eastern, southeastern, and southwestern limits of its range; the modifica- tions attauiing in Cuha and in Texas sufficient value to have heen deemed of s].ecific importance. But comparing even the three extremes of pluma-re the differences tire found to consist only in a varying amount of tlie several col(jrs, specimens from intervening I'egions forming the connecting links. Species and Varieties. O. virginianus. Head longitudinally striped, with a dark superior and lateral stripe, a lifrht siipereiliary stripe (continuing down the side of the neck), and a light patch; these stripes blackish and pure white in the male, and rusty and oohraceous in the Above ino
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