Partridges 



292. Mountain Partridge (Oreortyxpictus). L. u. 

 Ads. Hindhead and nape same color as back; inner 

 margins of tertials buff. Notes. Song, an explosive 

 whistle ending in a throaty tone; call, a rapidly re- 

 peated cuh-cuh-cuh-cuh, and a sharp pit-pit. 



Range. — Pacific coast from Santa Barbara, California, north to south- 

 ern Washington. 



292a. Plumed Partridge (O. p. plumiferus). Hind- 

 head, nape, and foreback same color as breast; inner 

 margins of tertials white. 



Range. — Sierra Nevada (both slopes^, east to Panamint Mountains, 

 and to Mount Magruder, Nevada; south in the coast ranges from San 

 Francisco Bay to Lower California (Campos). (A. O 0.) 



292b. San Pedro Partridge (O. p. confinis). Sim- 

 ilar to No. 292a, but upperparts much grayer, the 

 back, rump, and upper tail-coverts being gray very 

 slightly tinged with olive; bill stouter. (Ridgway.) 



Ranpre. — San Pedro Martir Mountains, Lower California 



293. Scaled Partridge (Callipepla squamata). L. 

 10. Ads. Belly without chestnut patch; breast and 

 foreback grayish blue edged with black; back brown- 

 ish gray. Notes. A nasal pe-cos? pe-cos' (Bailey.) 



Range.— "Tableland of Mexico, from the Valley of Mexico, north to 

 central and western Texas, Santa Fe, New Mexico and southern Ari- 

 zona." (A. O. U.) 



293a. Chestnut-bellied Scaled Partridge (C. s. 



castanogastris). Similar to No. 293, but o 71 with chest- 

 nut patch on belly; 9 w 'th belly much rustier than in 

 9 of No. 293. 



Range. — Lower Rio Grande Valley, northwest to Eagle Pass, Texas; 

 south into northeastern Mexico. 



294. California Partridge (Lophortvx californica) . 

 L. 10. Ad. rj\ Above olive-brown; belly patch chest- 

 nut. Ad. $. Plumes shorter; throat whitish streak- 

 ed with dusky; no distinct chestnut patch on belly. 

 Notes. Song, a pheasant like crow and a crowing, em- 

 phatic sit-right-down' , sit-right-down' ; calls, a sharp 

 pit-pit pit, and a note like that of a young Robin. 



Range. — "Coast region of California south to Monterey, introduced 

 in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia." (A. O. U.) 



294a. Valley Partridge (L. c. vallicola). Similar 

 to No. 294, but much grayer above; sometimes plain 

 bluish gray without brown tinge. 



Range. — "From western and southern Oregon, excipt near the 

 coast, south through western Nevada and the interior of California to 

 Cape St. Lucas." (Bendire.) 



295. Gambel Partridge (Lophortvx gambelii). 

 L. 10. Ad. J 1 . Throat, forehead and belly patch 

 black; hindhead chestnut. Ad. $. Similar, but throat 

 grayish buff; forehead gray; no black on belly; hind 

 head brownish; crest smaller. Notes. Song, j/uk-kae-ja- 



Range. — "Western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, southern Utah, 

 southern Nevada, southern California in the Colorado Valley .mj 

 south into northwestern Mexico." (A. O. U.) 



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