Plate CCCCXXIII. Fig. 3. Young.
Crest short, straight, directed backwards, of about half a dozen
elongated feathers; upper parts olive-brown, a rufous streak behind
the eye; wing-coverts dark brown, with light margins; quills dusky
brown, some of them slightly marked on the edges with paler spots;
tail dusky, with about eight waved irregular lines of pale brown;
lower parts dark brown, copiously marked with roundish white spots.
Length 7-1/2, wing 4-3/8.
California.
Welcome Quail, Ortyx neoxenus, Vig. Gard. and Menag. of Zool.
Soc. v. ii. p. 311.
Welcome Partridge, Perdix neoxenus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p.
228.