FAMILY PhasianidcB 



top-knot quail, or valley quail, as it is va- 

 riously called, is the commoner of the two 

 species about the farms and in the valleys 

 generally. It may be seen in the parks and 

 vacant lots about the cities, often becoming 

 so tame as to be a menace to tender garden 

 truck of which it is very fond. Little coveys 

 of these quail may be seen along country 

 roads in the edges of wood lots, or perched 

 on fences whistling their sit-right-down, sit- 

 right-down, sit-right-down . 



The California quail builds its nest like all 

 others of the family in clumps of grass at the 

 foot of a tree, or under the edge of a log or 

 fallen tree top. The eggs, twelve to sixteen 

 in number, are white or buffy, thickly 

 spotted with shades of brown. 



FAMILY PHASIANID^: PHEASANTS 

 AND TURKEYS 



^ Ring-necked pheasant, Phasianus tor- 

 ^ quatus, Male, 30.00: Female 22.00 



Distribution : Southern Siberia, Corea and 

 northeastern China. Now found in many 

 states of the Union, principally on private 

 game farms, though in a wild state in some 

 sections, being particularly abundant in 

 California, Oregon and Washington. It is 



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