NOTES 



MOUNTAIN PARTRIDGE 



{OREORTYX PICTUS) 

 IN CAPTIVITY 



DR R.-W. SHUFELDT, C. M. Z. S. 

 Member of the American Ornithol. Union, etc. 



Oreortyx pictus is the largest and handsomcst of all tho 

 American Parlridges. It is a Pacilic coast form al present 

 being restricted in its ränge io certain parts of California 

 and the state of Washington. Locally, it is known by the 

 name of the « Mountain Quail », and it is resident where- 

 ver it occnrs. The habils of this Partridge innature, aswell 

 as the two snbspecies of the genns found also in the Pacific 

 coast region, have been well described by Bendire in hi& 

 Life Histories of North American Bircls (pp. 13-17). 



Abont ayear ago or more, a bird-fancier in Washington^ 

 D.-C, obtained npwards of twenty living specimens, 

 males and females, of this fine Partridge from a collector in 

 California. Washington was my home at the time, and 1 

 was given every facility to study these specimens, and even 

 to take examples of them to my residence. They were all 

 adults and in excellent plnmage. One old male, and the 

 best one in the bevy I did take to my house where i 

 kept bim nnder Observation for several days. 



