CALIFORNIA QUAIL; VALLEY QUAIL. 



Lophortyx calif ornica. 

 Lophortyx calif ornica vallicola. 



Two forms of this species are found on the Pacific 

 coast : a northern race, inhabiting the coast of Califor- 

 nia north of Monterey, and which has been introduced 

 in British Columbia, Washington and Oregon, and a 

 paler race found in the interior valleys and foothills 

 of California, south through Lower California to Cape 

 St. Lucas. 



In the California quail the flanks are streaked with 

 white on a brown or grayish ground. The feathers 

 of the belly, in the male, are edged with black, and have 

 a central patch of chestnut. The upper parts generally 

 are smoky brown, the inner edges of the tertiary feath- 

 ers buffy, the throat black, and the forehead whitish. 

 The female has no black or white on the head, is plain 

 grayish or brownish, lacks the chestnut belly patch, and 

 has the scale-like markings of the under part less dis- 

 tinct. The crest is much shorter than in the male. The 

 length is 9^2 or 10 inches, and the wing about 4^. 

 This is the bird found in the coast valleys of Oregon 

 and Washington and California. 



The valley quail (L. calif ornica vallicola) is paler, 

 being grayish brown, the inner edges of the tertiary 



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