GALLINACEOUS BIRDS 



293a. Chestndt-rei.i.iei) Scaled Quail. Cul- 

 lipepla squamata castanogastris. 



Range. — Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas and 

 and southward into Mexico. 



This sub-species is lilie the last with the addi- 

 tion of a chestnut patch on the belly. Their 

 breeding habits do not vary in any particular way 

 from those of the Scaled Partridge. 



294. California Quail. Lophortyi- califor- 

 nica calif ornica. 



Range. — Coast region of California, Oregon, 

 Washington and British Columbia. 



This is one of the most beautiful of the Part- 

 ridges, with its crest of feathers rising from the 

 crown and curving forwards so that the broaden- 



,.,_ ed ends hang directly 



^-;*'i."-i^. over the bill. It is 



about the size of the pre- 

 ceding species, and is dis- 

 tinguished from the fol- 

 lowing one by its white 

 forehead, chestnut patch 

 on the belly and the scaly 

 appearance of the feathers 

 in tliat region, by its dark 

 crown and the gray flanks 

 They lay from eight to 

 twenty eggs with a creamy white or buffy ground 

 color, handsomely blotched with sliades of brown 

 and yellowish brown. Size 1.20 x .93 



Creamy white 

 with white streaks. 



Cahfdinin Paiti 

 Gambcl't 



29'la. Valley Paktridge. Lophoiiya: caUfornica vallieola. 



Range. — Interior portions of California, Oregon and Washington. 

 The nesting habits of this grayer sub-species do not differ in any manner 

 from tliose of the above species. The eggs are indistinguishable. 



29^. Gambel Quail. Lophortyx gambeli. 



Range. — Soutliwestern United States from Texas to California; north to Utah, 

 This handsome species differs from the California 

 in the Chestnut crown and flanks, and the black 

 patch on the belly. They are very abundant in Ari- 

 zona, both on tlie luouiilains and in the valleys, and 

 apparently without any regard to the nearness to. or 

 remoteness from a water supply. They breed during 

 May. laying their eggs on the ground under any 

 suitable cover. The eggs cannot be distinguished 

 from those of the California Partriage, except that 

 they average a trifle larger. Size 1.2G x.95. Bu« 



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