rKllDrCID.K-TIIK I'AltTlUDOKS. 4^7 



Tliis spccicfl is kiiuwii to Ixi iiluiiKlaut in tin- cniiiitry iiround tin' sourci's 

 of till! (lilii Itivur, iiiitl liiis iilsii ln-cii Imiiul iildiijj; tliut river I'nmi llui rinii) 

 villiii,'OH to its luuiilli, ami tliuio is no doiiiit tliiil it iiiiuiliits tlio entiro valley 

 of till! liila. It was also eoiiiuutii almi^' tlie ( 'nlorado iJiver, as far as tlie 

 nioiilli of tlie (iilu, ami lias lieen met witli in tlial valli^y as liiuli up as Tain, 

 pia CifL'U, latilinl(! ."U" 



Colonel Met'all ivj,'arils tliis speiics as less wild ami vi,L,nlaiit than tlie 

 California species. It is later in lueeiliiii;, as coveys of youiij,' California 

 Quails were seen, one fourlli j^rown, .Uiiie 4, wliile all the hinls of (ianiliel's 

 wore without their youui; as late as .lune hi. The voice of liie niali! at this 

 seiLSon is (Icscriliotl as slrikiui^ly ricli ami lull. The cry may he imitated l>y 

 shiwly jmiiKainciujj; in a low toim the syllahles kiia-irn/r, htti-uutlc. M'hcn 

 the day is calm ami still, these notes may he heard to a surprisiiii,' distance. 

 This .soiijf is continued, at .short intervals, in the evening,', Ibr aliout an hour. 

 Later in tho scas(tn when ti covey is dispersed, the cry for reassenihliii;,' is 

 said to resomhle i/ku-cI qita-cl. The voice of this hird at all seasons bears a 

 P'eal re.semlilanc(! to that of the California (i)uail, hut has no I'csemhlance to 

 that of the eastern OHii.v viiyiuidiia. In their crops wiae found the loaves 

 of tho mos(iuite, coleopterous insoi^ts, wild jfoosoborrics, etc. 



An ej^fy; of this species, taken hy I)r. Palmer at Camp (Irant, measures 

 1.2") inches in lenj,'tli hy l.OO in hreadth. Tho <,n'ouml-color is a cream 

 white, beautifully marked with ragged spots of a deep chestnut. In sliapu 

 it closely corresponds with tho egg of the California Partridge. 



Genus CALLIPEFLA, W.\oi.i:r. 



CallipeplatWAahiiK, Isis, 1832. (Type, Orlii.f squnmntd, Vic.) 



CrKV. Char. Head willi ;\ ln'oad, .short. (li>pro.<sc'(l liiflt'il crc.^t of so(\, thiclc leather.s 

 spriiifring fmin tlie vinti'.K. l ••licr charactci', a.< in Lojihofti/.r. Sc.xe.s .>;iiiiiiar. 



The .single United States species is of a bluish tint, without any marked 

 contrast of color. The feathers of the neck, breast, and belly have a narrow 

 edging of black. 



Callipepla squamata, Ckay. 



SCALED OB BI,TTE FASTRIOOE. 



Ortijx squamatics, Viooii.s, Zniil. .louvi; V, is.-jn, 27.'). — Abkut, Pr. A. N. So. Ill, 1847, 

 221. CaVipcpJa sqnamnin, GiSAV, Gen. Ill, 184G, .'iU. — M'Cai.i., Pr. A. N. So. V, 

 1851, 222. — Cassix, 111. 1, v, isri4, 129; pi. xi.v. — OciUM), Mon. Oiloiit. pi. xix. — 

 nAiui., niids N. Am. 1858, 04(5. — In. Mcx. B. II, Hints, 23. —Oka v, Cat. Brit. Mus. 

 V, 18(>7, 78. — IIi-.KitM. X, C, 19. — Coop. Oin. Cal. I, 1870, 556. CaVipephi slmiua, 

 Waoi.ki!, Isis, XXV, 1832, 278. Tctmo cri:<latii, Dv. i.\ Llavk, Kogistro trimcstiv, 

 I, 1832, 114. 



