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are very difficult to represent on paper. At the com- 
mencement of the pairing season it gives voice to a clear, 
ringing note, usually uttered from some slight eminence, 
which has been compared to the syllables yuk-hkac-ja 
by Captain Bendire and killink by Dr. Coues, each 
syllable distinctly uttered and the last two somewhat 
lengthened. These notes strike each hearer so differ- 
ently that it is impossible to write them down and convey 
to each the impression he has received. To me the three- 
syllabled word given above more clearly describes the 
note as it was heard by me, but doubtless many others 
would recognize it better by the word of two syllables as 
given by Dr. Coues. This note, or cry, is equivalent to 
the Bob White of our Northern bird. The alarm note is 
well indicated by Captain Bendire as crdaér, criéér, fre- 
quently repeated; a rasping, harsh sound, in uttering 
which many members of a covey join. At other times, 
when undisturbed, a soft pect is heard, followed on 
the slightest alarm by a sharp quit, succeeded by the 
pattering of little feet upon the dry leaves as the covey 
hurries away. It is a gentle, beautiful little creature, and 
without Gambel’s Partridge, with all its unsportsmanlike 
ways, many an arid and rock-strewn district would be 
deprived of its chief attraction. 
LOPHORTVX GAMBELT. 
Geographical Distrtbution.—Western Texas, New Mexico, and 
Arizona toSan Bernardino County, California. Also in Southern 
Utah and Nevada, and Northwestern Mexico. 
Adult Male,—Top of head and nape, bright chestnut; forehead, 
black, interspersed with grayish above the bill, and crossed by a 
narrow white line between the eyes; a white stripe from behind 
the eye to back of ear-coverts, bordered above with black; chin, 
throat, and side of face beneath the eyes, black, bordered all 
