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Show 826 APPENDIX C.- BIRDS. We have dedicated this species to its accomplished discoverer, Lieutenant Jas; W. Abort. 8. AafcLAius XANTHOGBPHALUS, L.- Yellow- headed Blackbird. 4. Picus VARIUS, L.- Yellow- bellied Woodpecker. 5. COLUMBA LEUCOPTERA, £.- White- winged Dove. 6. CALLIPBPLA SQUAMATA, Vig.- Blue Partridge. 7. CALLIPBPLA OAMBBLI, Nutt.- Gambel's Partridge. Calliptpla gambeli, Nutt Pr. A. N. 8. Phil*. 1848. CaUipepla vmtuta, Gould, Pr. Zool. Boo. Lond. 1846. Upper parts and breast, lead colour; crown and occiput, chestnut. Base of bill, lore, chin, throat and sides of the neck, black, bounded by a white band, broader on the sides. The eyes are included in this black hood. The chestnut of the crown is margined with white, bordered on eaoh side with blaok. The lead- coloured feathers of the sides and back of the neck are streaked with blaok along the shafts. Sides, deep chestnut, broadly lineated with yellowish white. Lower breast, whitish yellow. Indications of a black patch on the be\ ly. Under tail- coverts dull white and black. A long recurred crest of six ( remaining?) keeled black feathers, the longest measuring 1} inches in length. Inner webs of scapulars margined with reddish. Tail much rounded, of twelve feathers; outer 1£ inches shorter than the central. Wing, 4 | inches; tail, 4 ; tarsus, 1. 8. ACTITURUS BABTRAMIUS, Wils.- Field Plover. d. RBOURVIROSTBA OCCIDBNTALIS, VIG.- White- headed Avoeet. This species resembles JR. amerieana in the general pattern of its markings, but differs in having a pale- grayish white to replace the buff of the head and neck. It is also decidedly larger, the uncovered part of the tibia measuring 2{ inches instead of 2 indies; and the tarsus 4 instead of 8} inches. The hind claw is nearly obsolete. Bill 3{ inches long. Found abundantly in New Mexico and California. |