126 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 
taken up usually by any other male in the vicinity at the time. 
During the mating-season the males fight with each other per: 
sistently, and the victor defends his chosen home against in- 
trusion with much valour. . . . 
‘During the intense heat of the Arizona summers, Gamber 
Quail, like most other birds, prefers to remain in the shady 
and cool spots in the creek bottoms, frequently perching in 
the trees, and I believe the majority of these birds spend the 
nights in them as well. They take to trees very readily at all 
times.” 
Nest.—A slight hollow scratched in the ground, usually lined 
with bits of dry grass and sheltered by dead grass or old 
brush; sometimes placed among grain-fields. Occasionally 
nests are found in situations above the ground, the top of a 
rotten stump or an old nest of some other species being made 
use of. 
Eggs.—Generally from ten to twelve in number, but much 
larger numbers are sometimes found, no doubt the product of 
more than one hen. Ground-colour creamy-white or pale-buff, 
spotted, clouded, or blotched with reddish-brown or dark 
brown. Average measurements, 1°26 by ‘96 
III. DOUGLAS'S QUAIL. LOPHORTYX DOUGLASIL 
Ortyx douglasii, Vigors ; Douglas, Trans. Linn. Soc. xvi. p. 145 
(1828). 
Ortyx elegans, Lesson, Cent. Zool. p. 189, pl. 61 (1830). 
Ortyx spilogaster, Vigors, P. Z. 5. 1832, p. 4. 
Callipepla elegans, Gould, Monogr. Odontoph. pt. i. pl. 18 
(1844). 
Lophortyx douglast, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 
404 (1893). 
Callipepla elegans bensont, Ridgw. P. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 
148 (1887). 
Adult Male—Crest long and pale rufous ; throat black, each 
feather edged with white ; feathers of the back. of the head, 
