DEE PRUNE) OUATE. 507 
pictus and plumiferus, interbreed, but the indications sometimes point that 
way. Both are found in the same localities; and both kinds are occasionally 
taken from the same flock during the hunting season. ‘To this must be added 
the fact that gradations between the two types are by no means infrequent. 
J. H. Bowes. 
Taken near Victoria. Photo by the Author. 
LOOKING NORTHWEST FROM CEDAR HILL. 
SHOWING FAVORITE COVER OF THE MOUNTAIN QUAIL. 
No. 228. 
PLUMED QUAIL. 
A. O. U. No. 292a. Oreortyx pictus plumiferus (Gould). 
Synonyms.—PLuMEpD PartripGe. MouNTAIN PARTRIDGE. 
Description.—Similar to O. pictus, but slaty blue of foreparts displacing 
olive-brown on nape; general tone of the upperparts a little lighter olive; fore- 
head lighter or whitish; the border area of inner secondaries and tertials lighter 
buff or buffy white. 
_ General Range.—DBoth sides of the Cascade range (but chiefly westerly) in 
Oregon, the Sierra Nevadas, and southern coastal ranges of California and 
Lower California. 
Range in Washington.—Sparingly introduced west of Cascades. Charac- 
ters likely to vanish thru absorption into O. pictus. 
