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64. Callipepla squamata. Scaled Partridge. — Abundant resident. 

 A depression under a bush, generally unlined, serves as a nest. I 

 believe only one brood is raised here, as the latest clutch found was May 

 18 (15 eggs) ; earliest clutch April 26 (12 eggs). This notice, I believe, 

 extends the range considerably to the eastward, as the bird is found as far 

 east as the Colorado River. Locally known as the Blue Quail. Most 

 abundant between Castle Mountains and Pecos River, in a sort of fine, 

 loose, sandy soil. 



65. Cyrtonyx montezumae. Massena Partridge. — Resident in Tom 

 Green County, on the plains near Castle Mountains, and east to within 

 about 20 miles west of San Angelo, on Middre Concho. Also noted in 

 Crockett and Edwards Counties, nearly due south. No nests found. 

 Known as the Black Partridge. The new A. O. U. 'Code and Check- 

 List' gives its habitat as Northwestern Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and 

 Northwestern Mexico. I have traced it as far south as a line east of 

 Eagle Pass, in Nueces and Frio Canons; so Western Texas may also be 

 included. 



66. Tympanuchus pallidicinctus. Lesser Prairie Hen. — Winter 

 visitor ; seen in October and November in Concho County, and also in 

 winter on Middle Concho in Tom Green County. Abundant near Colo- 

 rado City on the Texas and Pacific Railroad. I believe this record extends 

 the range to the south-west. Westward it was abundant to the foothills 

 of the Davis Mountains. Said to have been driven from the Pan Handle 

 counties by the numerous prairie fires. 



67. Meleagris gallopavo mexicana. Mexican Turkey. — Resident. 

 Once very abundant on every creek, but now rarely to be met with. I 

 flushed a hen from her nest — a depression in a patch of low bushes — May 

 29, 1S82, containing eight eggs ; but I have frequently heard of them 

 further south with ten to fourteen eggs. Another brood was raised on a 

 small rushy island in Brady Creek, in the eastern part of Concho County, 

 the young running about June 1, 1SS3. 



6S. Ectopistes migratorius. Passenger Pigeon. — Though not ob- 

 served in this immediate district, an immense roost was noted in the 

 winter of 1SS1, near the head of Frio Canon. The settlers informed me 

 that they had been there all the winter, eating acorns on the hills, and 

 passing and repassing morning and evening in myriads. It was about 

 February 1, 1S82, that I saw them. 



69. Zenaidura macroura. Mourning I ove. — Abundant resident. In 

 winter more local, but in large flocks, when they frequently change their 

 roosting place, as a friend (Mr. Loomis) suggests, in consequence of be- 

 ing disturbed by the numerous Owls. He first noticed the fact by noting 

 where they roosted, so as to shoot them as they came in, and returning 

 three or four nights after they had altered the ir resting place, and did so 

 again and again. They raise two if not three broods, as I found a nest 

 containing two fresh eggs of this species the 20th September, 1SS6, the 

 latest date I have recorded for any eggs. The earliest date is April 26. 

 They frequently use old Mocking Bird's nests. 



