THE AMERICAN QUAIL. 20Y 



wliicli range tlie mountains and dry mesas of 

 tlie West, sometimes going as liigli as fifty-seven 

 hundred feet up tlie mountain slopes to build 

 their nests. What a wild, wandering life they 

 must lead in those desolate regions, making com- 

 panions for the pioneer settlers to afford relief 

 to them in their isolation ! 



