90 The Partridge Family 



It is not so abundant as its relatives. In Arizona, 

 it appears to be confined to a strip of territory 

 about thirty miles wide and a hundred miles in 

 length. It is found in the valley, on the table- 

 lands, and at a considerable elevation, the highest 

 recorded being six thousand feet in the Huachuca 

 Mountains. The call of the male is the familiar 

 " Bob-white," but the rallying call after a bevy 

 has been scattered shows a marked variation, it 

 sounding like Hoo-we. The nest and eggs closely 

 resemble those of the northern species. The 

 food consists of insects, seeds in variety, and the 

 foliage of certain growths. To judge from its 

 fondness for elevations, this bird should be hardy 

 and worthy of introduction in portions of our 

 western wilderness where the climatic conditions 

 are not too severe. Were the species once well 

 established at such points, birds bred in the new 

 country might safely be taken farther north, and 

 the process repeated until perhaps at last we 

 should have a beautiful, and what should prove a 

 valuable, addition to the game list of the Northern 

 states. Some of those zealous sportsmen who 

 have spent and frequently wasted money in 

 attempts to introduce European game might per- 

 haps, with happier results, turn their attention to 

 the masked Bob-white. 



