SCALED PARTRIDGE; BLUE QUAIL. 
Callipepla squamata. 
Callipepla squamata castanogasiris. 
In size, not far from the Virginia quail; with a short, 
thick crest, white at the tips. The rest of the head is 
brownish or grayish, growing paler on the throat. The 
back part of the neck, back and breast are bluish gray. 
A black border to each feather warrants the name 
“scaled.” The wings are pale brown, and the flanks 
streaked with white. Other lower parts are buffy or 
yellowish, the belly sometimes with a patch of chestnut 
brown. Sexes alike. Length, 9 to 10 inches. Eggs 
white or buff dotted with brown. Inhabits northwest- 
ern Mexico, and the borders of the United States, from 
western Texas to southern Arizona. 
The chestnut-bellied scaled partridge has the wings 
tipped with brown, tail bluish gray, the lower parts 
behind deeper buff, sometimes yellowish, and a large 
patch of rusty chestnut on the belly in the male and 
sometimes in the female. This bird is found in east- 
ern Mexico and in the lower Rio Grande Valley of 
Texas. In northern Mexico, along the southwestern 
border of the United States, from western Texas 
through southern New Mexico and Arizona, the scaled 
partridge is abundant. 
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