GAMBEL'S QUAIL 



Lophortyx gambelii 



PAST AND PRESENT DISTRIBUTION 



Jan 1955 



L. - J Western (gambeln) 



Easier n(sonQ ) 

 Texas ( ignoscens) 



Fulvous-breasted ( fuivipectus) 

 Race unknown 



blo'ute miles 



Range. — Native to southwestern United States 

 and northwestern Mexieo. Established after in- 

 troihiction far from native ranj^'e at one locality 

 in Idaho. History of Colorado populations un- 

 certain. 



Habitat. — Desert scruh and desert grassland, 

 usually in bottomland; penetrating the tliorn 

 forest in western Mexico; also in bottomlands of 

 sagebrush country in Ftali and western Colorado, 

 especialh near cultivated areas. 



CALIFORNIA QUAIL 



Lophortyx californica 



PAST AND PRESENT DISTRIBUTION 



Range. — Native to Pacific coastal and interior 

 valley sections of extreme western United States 

 and western Mexico. Established after intro- 

 duction in eastern Washington, western Idaho, 

 eastern Oregon, Nevada, and Utah. 



Habitat. — Chaparral or mixed brush and grass- 

 land ; particularly mixed habitat such as hedgerows 

 and fallow fields characteristic of mixed farming; 

 in dryest sections, streamsifle willow thickets. 

 Northwestern Mexican races found in a variety of 

 habitats such as pine-oak foothills, chaparral, 

 desert scrub, and tropical deciduous forest. 



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