SAN PEDRO PARTRIDGE. 
HAVE never seen this bird alive. Its range appears 
to be restricted to the San Pedro Mountains, Lower 
California, where it is found from the foothills to the tops 
of the loftiest peaks, estimated to be over 12,000 feet in 
height. The discoverer of this race, Mr. Anthony, writes 
to Captain Bendire that it is not common below 2500 
feet of elevation, that the call notes are a soft, far-reaching 
“ Chay chay,” like the notes of a flute in sweetness. The 
alarm note was a soft “ ch-ch-ch-e-e-ea, ch-e-e-ea,”’ which 
increased with the appearance of danger to a harder 
“ kee-ke-ea,” and this last cry is taken up by every mem- 
ber of the covey as they draw away. When taking wing 
a loud “ pit pit”? is often heard. In his remarks on this 
race, Mr. Anthony says he found this bird quite abun- 
dant from 6000 to 10,000 feet above the sea, occurring 
wherever water and timber afforded it drink and shelter 
(“seeking the shelter of the manzanitas, from whence 
their clear, mellow notes were heard morning and even- 
ing, so suggestive of cool brooks and rustling pines, but 
so out of place in the hot, barren hills of that region ’’). 
Flocks wintered around this camp at Valladores, six 
miles from the base of the range at an elevation of 2500 
feet, and a few pair bred there, but by March nearly all 
had disappeared, moving higher up the mountains. The 
nest was a mere hollow under a manzanita bush, and 
filled with dry leaves of the lilac and manzanita, and the 
eggs are creamy white and unspotted. 
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