94 The Partridge Family 



THE SAN PEDRO PARTRIDGE 

 (C. /. confinis) 



This bird was found by Mr. Anthony in the 

 San Pedro Mountains of Lower California, to 

 which range it is confined, and abundant at six 

 to ten thousand feet above sea level ; during winter 

 it descends to lower ground. Only trifling varia- 

 tions in color distinguish it from O . p. plumiferus. 

 The eggs are pure creamy white. 



THE SCALED PARTRIDGE 

 {^Callipepla squamata) 



Adult — Head, varying from brown to brownish gray; tip of crest, 

 white; throat, pale buff; hind neck, upper parts of back and 

 breast, bluish gray, each feather beautifully bordered with black, 

 the marks following a scalelike arrangement ; scapulars, wings, 

 lower back, and rump, pale brown ; upper tail-coverts and tail, 

 bluish gray ; flanks, bluish gray, streaked with white ; rest of 

 lower parts, pale buff, feathers margined with deep brown ; bill, 

 black. Total length, 9J inches; wing, 5; tail, 4^; tarsus, if. 

 In plumage the sexes are exactly alike. Range, western Texas 

 New Mexico, southern Arizona, Valley of Mexico. 



This beautiful bird, also known as " blue quail," 

 " white topknot," " white-crested quail," and " cac- 

 tus-quail," is a frequenter of the mesas and a 

 lover of dry plateaus, where vegetation is sparse 

 and water not to be found. Here, amid sun-baked 

 cactus, yuccas, and thinly dispersed thorny growths, 

 it finds congenial haunts. Needless to say, such 



