GAMBEL’S QUAIL 105 
This account was written, I believe, as long ago as 
1872, or 1873, but it remains the best description of 
Gambel’s partridge that has been writtten. 
The birds appear to be as numerous in their range 
as ever they were, and with the increase of water 
which goes with the progress of irrigation in Arizona 
and New Mexico they are likely to increase still further. 
Captain Bendire cites an observation of Mr. Herbert 
Brown, of Tucson, Arizona, which shows that the Gila 
monster (Heloderma) eats the eggs of this species. 
