556 



SCRATCHING BlUDS — UALLlNiE. 



Callipepla squainata, Gray. 



THE SCALED OR BLUE PARTRIDGE. 



Ortiix sqmmatus. Vigors, Zool. .Jour. V. 18.30, 275. — Auekt, Pr. A. N. Sc. III. 1847, 221. 

 — Callijiepla sijuamata, Gkay, Gen. III. 1846, .")14. — McCall, Pr. A. N. Sc. V. IS.il, 

 222. — C.tssiN, lUiist. I. V. 1854, 129; pi. xi.x. — Gould, Mon. Odout. jil. xi\.— 

 Bairu, Birils N. Amcr. 1858, 476. 



Callipepla stieiiua, VVagler, Isis, XXV. 1832, 278. 



Tclrao cristalu, De la Ll.we, Registro triraestrc, I. 1832, 144. 



Sp. Cii.\r. Ilt-ad with a lull broad llattenud crest of soft, elongated feathers. Prevail- 

 ing color plumbeous-gray, whitish on the belly, the central portion tinged with lirownish ; 









the exposed surflice of the wings tinged with light yellowish-brown, and very finely and 

 almost imperceptibly mottled. Head and throat without markings, light gra^ish-plumbe- 



