GAMBEL PARTRIDGE 

 295. Lophortyx gambelii. 10 in. 



Head with an elegant recurved crest of six or seven 

 feathers; normally these are carried in one packet so I 

 that there appears to be but one feather, but when ex- 1 

 cited, or during the mating season, they may separate I 

 the feathers, or sometimes curve them forward so as to I 

 touch the bill. Hindhead and sides chestnut, throat and I 

 middle of belly black. Female with the throat light I 

 and hindhead gray; crest small; no black on belly. An I 

 abundant species both in mountains, valleys or deserts, I 

 near or remote from water. Habits like those of the I 

 eastern Bob-white, but instead of taking wing, they will | 

 generally run. 



Nest. Eggs laid on the ground under any suitable 

 cover; creamy-white, handsomely blotched with brown. 



Range. Resident in western Texas, New Mexico am' 

 Arizona, north to southern Utah and Nevada. 



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