. Illustrations of ornithology . _-,-.* nffMGK?, Q/o^ay ^c^^^uy ORTYX DOUGLAS1I, Ortyx. PLATE CVII. Mas. O. corpore supra griseo-brunnescente, tectricibus alarum scapularibusque luteomarginatis ; capite crista erecta, plumis frontis apicibus rigidibus; jugulolateribusque colli albidis brunneo maculatis, pectore ventreque brunneo-cine-rascentibus maculis albidis, crisso ferrugineo-uigro maculato, remigibus brun-neis ; Cauda grisea, luteo nigroque ad apicem minute maculata. Fcem. obscurior, crista brevissima. Ortyx Douglasii, Fig. Zool. Journ. vol. iv. p. 354 Doug. Trans. L
. Illustrations of ornithology . _-,-.* nffMGK?, Q/o^ay ^c^^^uy ORTYX DOUGLAS1I, Ortyx. PLATE CVII. Mas. O. corpore supra griseo-brunnescente, tectricibus alarum scapularibusque luteomarginatis ; capite crista erecta, plumis frontis apicibus rigidibus; jugulolateribusque colli albidis brunneo maculatis, pectore ventreque brunneo-cine-rascentibus maculis albidis, crisso ferrugineo-uigro maculato, remigibus brun-neis ; Cauda grisea, luteo nigroque ad apicem minute maculata. Fcem. obscurior, crista brevissima. Ortyx Douglasii, Fig. Zool. Journ. vol. iv. p. 354 Doug. Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xvi. part i. p. 145. We are indebted to Mr David Douglas for the discovery of this species,and about the same time it appears to have been met with by CaptainBeechey on the western coast of America. Our Plate and description aretaken from a solitary individual killed at Montery during the latter expe-dition,—all Mr Douglass specimens, with many other treasures, botanicalas well as ornithological, being unfortunately lost whe
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