'J4iE PLU.MED UUAIL. 



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pictiis and phtinifcnts, interbreed, but the indications sometimes point that 

 way. Both are found in the same locahties; and both kinds are occasionally 

 taken from the same tlock during the hunting season. To this must be added 

 the fact that gradations between the two t>-pes are by no means infrequent. 



J. H. Bowles. 



Taken near I'ietoria. 



LOOKI.XG .\ORTH\VEST FRO.M CED.VK HILL, 



SHOWIXG F.WORITE COVER OF THE MOUNTAIN QUAIL. 



Photo by I lie Author. 



No. 228. 



PLUMED QUAIL. 



A. O. U. No. 292a. Oreortj'x pictiis plumiferus (Gould). 



Synonyms. — Plumed P.^rtridge. Mount.mx P.\rtridge. 



Description. — Similar to 0. pictii.^. but slaty blue of foreparts displacing 

 olive-brown on nape; general tone of the upperparts a little lighter olive: fore- 

 head lighter or whitish; the border area of inner secondaries and tertials lighter 

 bufT or bnffy white. 



General Range. — Both sides of the Cascade range (but chiefl}- westerly) in 

 Oregon, the Sierra Nevadas, and southern coastal ranges of California and 

 Lower California. 



Range in Washington. — Sparinglv introduced west of Cascades. Charac- 

 ters likelv to vanish thru absorption into O. pictiis. 



