Partridges 



292. Mountain Pdriridge i Oreortvx picius). L, ii. 

 Ads, Hindhead zM nape same color as back; Inner 

 margins of tertials buff. Hotis. Seng, an explosive, 

 whistle ending in a throaty tone; call, a rapidly re- 

 peated cuh'cuh-cuh-cuhy and a sharp piV-/)!';. 



Range. — Pacific coa5t from Sania Barbara, California, north losouih. 

 em WfishlngtMn. 



292a. Plumed Partridge (O. /. ^;«rar>r«s). Hind- 

 head, nape, and forebacif same color as breast; inner 

 margins of tertials white. 



Range, ^Sien",i Nevada (both slopes), east lt> Panamlnt Mountdln^ 

 and to Maunt Magi'iiJar, Nevada^ south in ihe coast mne*s from San 

 Francisco Bay to Lower California (Campos). (A. O U.) 



292b. San Pedro Partridge (O- p. confinis). Sim- 

 ilar to No. 292a, but upperparts much grayer, the 

 back, rump, and upper tail-coverts being gray very 

 slightly tinged with olive; bill stouter. ("Ridgway.) 



R^njfe-— San Pedro Marlir Mounuiins, Lower California. 



293. Scaled Partridge (^Callipepla squamata). L. 

 10. j-Zi^i. Belly without chesttiLit patch; breast and 



foreback grayish blue edged with black; back brown- 

 ish gray. Notes. A nsiSii pe-cos' pe-cos' (Bailey.) 



RiTige.— " T,iblKiiTi 1 of Mexico, from the Valley of Mesico, north lo- 

 cejiljdl rfiid w^bleni Texis, Saiild Fd, New Mexico and fiOuthftril Ari- 

 iona." (A. O. U.) 



293a, Chestnut-bellied Scaled Partridge (C. ^- 



castanogastris). Similar to No. 293, but d^ with chest- 

 nut patch on belly; 9 :with belly much rustier than in 

 9 of No. 293. 



Ringp— lower Rio Grande Valley, northwest fo Eagle Pass, Texas; 

 snuih into norrhe^siern MskIco, 



294. California Partridge {LophoTtyx cali/ornica). 

 L. 10. y^d. (J", Above olive-broit>ii; belly patch chest- 

 nut. Ad. 9. Plumes shorter; throat whitish streak- 

 ed with dusky; no distinct chestnut patch on belly. 

 Notes. Song, a pheasant like crow and a crowing, em- 

 phatic sit-right-down' , sit-right-down' ; calls, a sharp 

 pit-pit pit, and a note like that of a young Robin. 



Rang'e. — "Coast region oif California south to Monterey, Introauced 

 In Oregun, Washinelon, and British Columbia." (A. O. U.) 



294a. Valley Partridge (Z.. o. vallicola). Similar 

 to No. 294, but much grayer above; sometimes plain 

 bluisli gray without brown tinge. 



Ra^f:e. — 'Frnm wpstern and snvilhprn Orpgnn, except near Iht 

 coasl, soutl] thmugli western NevaJa and the Interior of Calllurnla W 

 Cape St. Lucas." (Bendire,) 



295. Gambel Partridge {LophoftvK gjmbelii). 

 L. 10. Ad. (^. Throat, forehead and belly pjlch 

 black\ hindheadchestnijt. Ad. 9- Similar, but throat 

 grayish buff; forehead: gray; no black on belly; hind 

 head brownish; crestsmaller, Notes. Song.yuk-ktK-ja- 



Rangfa, — "Wegtern Texas, New Mexico. Arizona, southern Utah, 

 Eoufhern Nevada, southern Cnllfornla in the Colorado Valley ani 

 south Into northwesiem Mexico," [A. O. U.) 



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