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.. ------- vuduio mnaceo-canis; gtilâ, pteromatibus, dorso imo, abdominis lateribus, caudâque
ca n u ; dorw summo, p tilis scapula,ibusque griseis, olicace<Mdiridi splendeniibus ; fa s c iâ a»gustâ occipitali crissooue
a tb ,s; nuchâ vtrtdt-aurco la te splendent,; remigibus fa sc iâ q u e ca u d a medi&fusco-alris.
Re.i™™pe*.,uefl,vi, illo ip ic o ig to , Longiludo eeryori., 13 ; . ¡ a , , c.rpo ad apicem remim secunda 71-
rosin, 1 ; caadk, 6 ; iursi, i . ® ”
P L A T E X.
T h is b ird , wh ich was fo u n d a t M o n te r e y , ap p ro n ch e s v e ry close ly to a sp e c ie s la te ly d e s c rib ed by
^ p t . K in g , from th e S tra its o f M a g e lla n , th e Columla F ü zT o g ii. (P ro c e e d in g s o f C omm, o f S c ien c e o f
/,o o l. S e c . p. 1 5 .) T h e m a rk in g s , m o re p a r tio iila r ly on th e b a c k o f th e n e c k o f both b ird s , and on Hie
t a i l , b r in g th em c lo se ly to g e th e r, a s well a s th e ir g e n e r a l size a n d a p p e a ra n c e . B n t th e y in a c eo n s
co lo u r, which >s fou n d only o n th e h e a d a n d low e r b o d , o f o n r b ird , e x te n d s m o re g e n e r a l] , o v e r th e
t o d , o f C a p t. K in g ’s. T h e c o lo u r o f th e bill a n d le g s also d iffe rs. O u r b ird is a lso a llied to the
Cohmbe D emse o f M. T em m in c k , { P L Col. 602,) wh ich p ro b ab ly is th e sam e as C a p t. K in g ’s bird .
P a n . T E T R A O N ID Æ .
T e t e a o a l b u s . Gtnel. S yst. Na t. vol. 1. p . 750. sp. 23.
Tetrao saliceti. Temm.. Man. d ’Ornith. p. 471.
White Partridge. Edw., Glean, t. 72.
White Grease. Penn., Arc t. Zool. vol. 2. sp. 183.
B e in g a d v e r s e to a n y ch an g e in a speoilic n am e , u n le s s w h e re i t is d e c id e d ly m is ap p lied I have
re ta in e d th e o ld a n d w e ll-e s ta b lish e d n am e o f G m e liii a n d L a th am , in p re fe re n c e to th e n ew one
Which M . T em m in c k p ro p o s e s fo r th is b ird . T h e o b je c tio n to a specific n am e , th a t i t is e q n a llv
a p p lic a b le to otlie r spe c ie s iii th e gen u s, may a tta c h to a n y n am e ex p re s s iv e o f a c h a r a c te r , ao oordinv
as n ew sp e c ie s a re d is co v e red w h ich p a r ta k e o f th a t c h a r a c te r . A ll n am e s would b e th u s su b ie c t to
c o n tin u a l c h a n g e . E v e n th e new n am e o f M. T em m in c k fo r th e b ird be fore u s m ig h t be cavilled
a g a in s t a n d e x p u n g e d , i f Ids o b je c tio n w e re a llow ed to h o ld goo d , w h en o th e r sp e c ie s a re fou n d in
th is ve ry e x ten s iv e g ro u p , to e x is t in th e sam e lo c a lity , a n d p a r ta k e o f t h e sam e food.
T e t e a o e u p e s t e i s . Lath., Ind. Orn. p . 640. sp. 11.
Rock Grouse. Penn., Arct. Zool. vol. 2. p . 312. sp. 184.
T h e b ird s o f th i s sp e c ie s b ro u g h t hom e b y th e ex p ed itio n a re th e sam e as th o s e to which th e
.h o v e n am e ,s g e n e ra lly a ssig n ed . I am n o t satisfied as to th e specific d iffe ren c e s o f those n o rth e rn
sp e c ie s o f g ro u s e wh ich a s sum e th e w h ite p lum a g e in w in te r. B n t we h a v e n ot m a te ria ls sufficient to
d e c id e th e p o in t. I t m u s t be le f t to a c c u r a te ob se rv a tio n o n th e liv in g b ird s , th ro u g h o u t th e ir v a rions
c iiange s.
F e a n c o l i n u s S i n e n s i s .
Perd ix Sinensis. Briss., tom. 1. p. 224. sp. 9. t. 28. / , 1.
Perd ix perlata. Lath., Ind. Orn. p . 648. sp. 15.
Pearled Partridge. Id ., Ih. Gen. Hist. vol. 8. p. 276. sp. 12.
Francolin perlé. Temm., Pig. et Gall. tom. 3. p . 326.
A sk in o f this b ird w a s b ro u g h t from China.