FAMILY CRACIDJE 



CHACHALACA 

 311. Ortalis vetula mccalli. 21 in. 



Plumage olive-brown above, and gray below; head 

 rested; sides of head and chin, naked, orange-red. 



Nest. A frail platform of sticks, placed in scrub- 

 by brush or bushes, a few feet above the ground. They 

 lay four white or buffy-white eggs, the shell of which 

 is very rough and hard (2.25x1.55); April. 



Range. Eastern Mexico north to southern Texas. 



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