XVIII 



THE SOUTHWESTERN PARTRIDGES 



THE three remaining partridges, known as the 

 Gambel's partridge, the scaled-partridge, and 

 the Massena partridge, may be termed the Southwest- 

 ern partridges, since they are found in a limited area 

 of which New Mexico or Western Texas may be said 

 to be the centre. 



The scaled-partridge, with its sub-species, the chest- 

 nut-bellied scaled-partridge, inhabits the table-lands of 

 Mexico, and is found from the valley of Mexico north 

 to Central and Western Texas, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 

 and Southern Arizona. Gambel's partridge, which 

 enjoys the proud distinction of having no sub-species, 

 is distributed throughout Western Texas, New Mex- 

 ico, Arizona, Southern Utah, Southern Nevada, South- 

 ern California, in the Colorado valley, and southward 

 into Northwestern Mexico. The Massena partridge 

 is found from the City of Mexico north to West- 

 ern Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. Gambel's par- 

 tridge and the scaled-partridge have much the same 

 habits as the valley-partridge of California, and run 

 equally as well ; much that has been said about that 

 bird applies to these. 



There is much diversity of opinion as to the per- 

 formance of the Massena before dogs. It is the least 

 abundant of the Southwestern partridges. 



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