SCALED PARTRIDGE; BLUE QUAIL. 



Callipepla squawiata. 



Callipepla squamata castanogastris. 



In size, not far from the Virginia quail ; with a short, 

 thick crest, white at the tips. The rest of the head is 

 brownish or grayish, growing paler on the throat. The 

 back part of the neck, back and breast are bluish gray. 

 A black border to each feather warrants the name 

 "scaled." The wings are pale brown, and the flanks 

 streaked with white. Other lower parts are buffy or 

 yellowish, the belly sometimes with a patch of chestnut 

 brown. Sexes alike. Length, 9 to 10 inches. Eggs 

 white or buff dotted with brown. Inhabits northwest- 

 ern Mexico, and the borders of the United States, from 

 western Texas to southern Arizona. 



The chestnut-bellied scaled partridge has the wings 

 tipped with brown, tail bluish gray, the lower parts 

 behind deeper buff, sometimes yellowish, and a large 

 patch of rusty chestnut on the belly in the male and 

 sometimes in the female. This bird is found in east- 

 ern Mexico and in the lower Rio Grande Valley of 

 Texas. In northern Mexico, along the southwestern 

 border of the United States, from western Texas 

 through southern New Mexico and Arizona, the scaled 

 partridge is abundant. 



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