GALLINACEOUS BIRDS 
293a. Chestnut-bellied Scaled Quail. Cal- 
lipepla squamata castanogastris. 
Range. — Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas and 
and southward into Mexico. 
This sub-species is like 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. Lophortyx calif or- 
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 
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 that region, by its dark 
crown and the gray flanks 
They lay from eight to 
twenty eggs with a creamy white or huffy ground 
color, handsomely blotched with shades of brown 
and yellowish brown. Size 1.20 x .93 
Creamy white 
with white streaks. 
California Partridge 
Gambel’s Partridge 
294a. Valley Partridge. Lophortyx calif ornica vallicola. 
Range. — Interior portions of California, Oregon and Washington. 
The nesting habits of this grayer sub-species do not differ in any manner 
from those of the above species. The eggs are indistinguishable. 
295. Gambel Quail. Lophortyx gambeli. 
Range. — Southwestern 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 the mountains 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 Partridge, except that 
they average a trifle larger. Size 1.25 x.95. 
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