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GAME BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA. 



Partridge should inhabit the same district as the Scaled 

 Partridge, the two species associate together apparently 

 on most amicable terms, but the kind of ground each 

 prefers is usually of so different a character that they are 

 not often found together. The Blue Partridge is a hand- 

 some bird and attractive in spite of its unsportsmanlike 

 habits, the markings of its plumage causing it to appear 

 as if covered with imbricated scales, a rather unique dress 

 among its brethren. 



CALLIPEPLA SQUAMATA. 



Geographical Distribution.— V^^^toxn Texas, New Mexico, 

 and Southern Arizona. Valley of Mexico. 



Adult. — Head, brown or brownish gray, varying in depth of 

 hue among individuals ; tip of crest, white ; throat, pale buff. 

 Hind-neck, upper parts of back and breast, bluish gray, each 

 feather bordered with black, giving the plumage a scaly appear- 

 ance ; scapulars, wings, lower back, and rump, pale brown; 

 upper tail-coverts and tail, bluish gray; flanks, bluish gray, 

 streaked with white; rest of lower parts, pale buff; feathers, mar 

 gined with blackish brown; bill, black. Total length, 9^ inches; 

 wing, 5 ; tail, 4^^ ; tarsus, i|. There is no difference whatever 

 in the coloring of the plumage in the sexes, and males and 

 females are indistinguishable except by dissection. 



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