100 THE GAME BIRDS 
chestnut, shading into tawny brown toward 
the edges, with the tips of the feathers edged 
with black. The head of the male is marked 
with a white line over the eye and a white 
forehead. The head is surmounted with a 
crest of 6 to 10 black feathers, curved for- 
ward. 
The female has not the black throat nor 
the head markings, and the crest is smaller. 
Length 11 inches. Extent about 16 in- 
ches. It inhabits California and Oregon east 
to the Colorado River. 
Much has been written concerning the 
comparative merits, asa game bird, of this, 
as compared with our eastern quail, and, 
from what I can gather, I am inclined to 
think that bobwhite is on top. The Califor- 
nian does not he well to the dog until they 
