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UPLAND GAME BIRDS 



chicken or turkey. In a court of law, a cooked Quail can 

 easily be identified from squab, reed-bird, "rail-bird" and 

 many others by the fact that the meat on its breast is white, 

 while all the others wear dark meat. 



The California Mountain Quail^ is a bird of most 

 pleasing appearance, which inhabits California, Oregon and 



Washington. Wherever 

 protected it is spreading 

 rapidly in the settled 

 portions of the North- 

 west. It loves moist 

 regions wherein the rain- 

 fall is abundant. This is 

 the bird with a black 

 throat, a white crescent 

 running down from the 

 eye, two rows of white 

 markings on each side and a long, drooping plume on its head 

 running back on the same curve as the forehead. This bird 

 goes in small flocks, of ten to twenty, hides well and is not 

 easily flushed without a dog. 



The Valley Quail^ is the bird of the Pacific coast which 

 has the very jaunty, erect black plume, rising from the top 

 of its head and gracefully curving forward. Its color mark- 

 ings are rich and beautiful, but not gaudy, and in form as 

 well as color it is very handsome. In fact, it is the most 

 beautiful of all our small upland game birds. It inhabits 



^ Or-e-or'tyx pic'tus. Average length, 11 inches. 



^ Lo-phor'tyx californicus. Average length, 9 inches. 



CALIFORNIA MOUNTAIN QUAIL. 



