MOUNTAIN QUAIL. 
Oreortyx pictus. 
Oreortyx pictus plumiferus. 
Oreortyx pictus confinis. 
This is one of the largest of our quails. Its upper 
parts are brown or olive, or sometimes even bluish, the 
inner webs of the tertiary feathers being buff, so that 
when the wings are closed a distinct stripe is seen on 
each side of the rump. The breast and head are in part 
lead color; the long, backward directed crest of narrow 
feathers growing from the top of the head is black; the 
throat is chestnut, and from this a black stripe runs up 
to the eye. The chin, front of cheeks, lower portion of 
the lores, a line bordering the throat patch from the 
posterior angle of the eye and forehead, are whitish. 
The effect of this is to surround the bill with a border 
of whitish. The flanks are deep chestnut barred with 
black and white. The thighs are reddish and the under 
tail coverts black. In color, the female is very similar 
to the male, but usually has the crest plumes smaller. 
The length is from 11 to 12 inches, and the wing from 
514 to 514 inches. 
This is the typical mountain quail, ranging in the 
California mountains from Santa Barbara, Cal., north 
to Washington. In Oregon its range seems to extend 
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