July 10, 1914 Vol. XXVII, pp. 113-114
PROCEEDINGS
OF TllK
BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON
DIAGNOSIS OF A NFW^ SUBSPECIES OF (.aiAIE FPvOiM COLORADO.*
GAMBEL’S
BY EDG.\K A. MEAKNS.
(Published by pennission of the Secretiiry of the Smitlisoiiian Jiistitution.)
The United States National INIuseinn has recently received from Mr. J. D. Figgins the gift of four beautifulR" prepared specimens of this very distinct new subspecies of Lo'phoiiijx gamhelii Gambel. The form may he distinguished as follows:
Lophortyx gambelii sanus new subspecies.
Tiipe-specimen.—.\(1nlt male, Cat. No. 236,328, U. 8. Nat.’ IMus. Col¬
lected at Olathe, Montrose County, Colorado, December 20, 1912, by C. S. Slocum. (Original mnnber, 1210.)
Characters.—Size rattier larger than the average of Lophorty.v gamhelii gambelii Ctambel or Lophortyx gavihelii fulvipecliis (Nelson), from which forms it ditl'ers in coloration as follows: adult male with upper parts neutral gray (I-iidgway, 1912), unwashed with olive; crown chestnut- brown instead of hazel; chest-patch cartridge butt instead of warm hntf or chamois. Adult female with upper ]iarts as in the male, ditiering from gamhelii and falvipectns in having the crown darker (sepia instead of cinnamon-dral)); chin and throat dai'ker and more grayish; chest and ahilomen pale olive-hutt instead of cream color.
Measurements of type.—Iwngth of stulfed skin, 255; wing, 119; tail, 104; culmen (chord), II; tarsus, 28.5. For detailed measurements see Figgins’s paper in “ The Ank,” Vol. NXXI, .January, 1914, pp. 62-09.
*It is the writor'-s intention to prepare for publication a detailed review of tlic freofrrapliical forms of lj>phortijx yambclii Gambel.
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