CALIFORNIA QUAIL; VALLEY QUAIL. 
Lophortyx californica. 
Lophortyx californica vallicola. 
Two forms of this species are found on the Pacific 
coast: a northern race, inhabiting the coast of Califor- 
nia north of Monterey, and which has been introduced 
in British Columbia, Washington and Oregon, and a 
paler race found in the interior valleys and foothills 
of California, south through Lower California to Cape 
St. Lucas. 
In the California quail the flanks are streaked with 
white on a brown or grayish ground. The feathers 
of the belly, in the male, are edged with black, and have 
a central patch of chestnut. The upper parts generally 
are smoky brown, the inner edges of the tertiary feath- 
ers buffy, the throat black, and the forehead whitish. 
The female has no black or white on the head, is plain 
grayish or brownish, lacks the chestnut belly patch, and 
has the scale-like markings of the under part less dis- 
tinct. The crest is much shorter than in the male. The 
length is 9% or 10 inches, and the wing about 4%. 
This is the bird found in the coast valleys of Oregon 
and Washington and California. 
The valley quail (L. californica vallicola) is paler, 
being grayish brown, the inner edges of the tertiary 
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