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very scarce in June. Around Tucson I saw none of this species 

 and not until I reached the lower mesa slopes did any appear. At 

 no time was I sure of finding them nntil fairly below the oak belt. 

 In numbers they ranked far below C gambeli, not one in ten of all 

 the partridges seen being squamata. 



8. Callipepla gambeli (Nutt.). Gambel's Partridge. 



I did not meet with any flocks of this species in the valley. 

 They are very abundant in the oak belt, ranging as high as the 

 lower pines and at the time of my visit were leading about their 

 families of young, which varied in size from the newly hatched chick 

 to half grown birds. The male bird continues its harsh cry after the 

 young have left the nest, and for sufficient reasons, too lengthy to 

 be presented in this paper, I am convinced they are polygamous, 

 whereas C. squamata is not. 



■9. Cyrtonyx montezumae (Vig.). Massena Partridge. 



Three " Fool Quails " were noticed on the higher slopes of the 

 Catalinas, one of them at an elevation of 7000 feet. 



The habits of the Massena Partridges are very dissimilar to those 

 of the genus Callipepla, reminding one strongly of our eastern Bob- 

 white in their aptness for quick concealment and sudden flight. 



••■10. Meleagris gallopavo mexicana (iTould). Mexican Turkey. 



Owing to a disastrous fire in the Mt. Lemon region of the Cata- 

 linas, this bird, once common, has wholly abandoned that part of 

 the country. I did not see or hear of it elsewhere. 



11. Columba fasciata Say. Band-tailed Pigeon. 



Found well dispersed throughout the oak and pine belts and 

 breeding in the latter. All nests examined contained either a sin- 

 gle young or egg. 



•■12. Columbigallina passerina pallescens (Baird). Mexican Ground Dove. 



A few seen in the Tucson suburbs. 

 *'13. Pseudogryphus californianus (Shaw). California Vulture. 



I was informed by Mr. Jack Alwinkle, a ranchman at Oracle, 

 that he shot a " Condor " several years ago, near the summit of 

 Mount Lemon. It was perched on a huge rock some distance from 

 their camp, was shot to test the range of his rifle, fell dead, and, 

 after a careless examination, was thrown away. Besides these facts, 

 and his assertion that it was "twice as large as a buzzard," my 



