. Birds and nature in natural colors : being a scientific and popular treatise on four hundred birds of the United States and Canada . desert is its home, but it is rarelyfound far from water. Its favorite haunts are patches of bushy vegetation,such as mesquite. mimosa, creosote, and patches of prickly pear. It frequentlytakes uj) its aliode about culti\ated land, living in alfalfa tields or nesting invineyards. interesting account of the haliits of the (ianibel (|uail in the PaiirunipAalley, Nevada, is given by E. W. Nelson: I noticed that when a flock of quail came to feed on grain left by t
. Birds and nature in natural colors : being a scientific and popular treatise on four hundred birds of the United States and Canada . desert is its home, but it is rarelyfound far from water. Its favorite haunts are patches of bushy vegetation,such as mesquite. mimosa, creosote, and patches of prickly pear. It frequentlytakes uj) its aliode about culti\ated land, living in alfalfa tields or nesting invineyards. interesting account of the haliits of the (ianibel (|uail in the PaiirunipAalley, Nevada, is given by E. W. Nelson: I noticed that when a flock of quail came to feed on grain left by the horsesan old male usually mounted the top of a tall bush close by and remained onguard for ten or lifteen minutes; then, if everything was quiet, he would tl\down among his companions. At the first alarm the flock would take to thebushes, running swiftly, or flying when hard pressed. They roosted in thedense bunches of willows and cottonwoods growing along the ditches. * * ■When feeding thev have a series of low clucking and cooing notes which arc-kept up almost continually. 3ig V .^ /-. <^iPft/ Oil z 1 :Fr-f^^. 80 GAMBELS PARTRli4 Life size. The love note, according to Coues, may be represented in words as Nesting takes place in April, sometimes not till May. About a dozeneggs usually constitute a clutch. In sections where this quail is still numerousthe birds pack in bands of from 100 to 500 after the breeding season. From the sportsmans point of view the Gambel quail as a game bird doesnot approach the Bob-white. It will sometimes lie to a dog fairly well, but as arule it takes to its legs with all haste and leaves the dog on point, to the vexa-tion of the hunter. It is, however, a useful species, which brightens the desertwith its presence and contributes a welcome addition to the fare of the less valuable than the Bob-white as a destroyer of noxious insects and asan object of sport, this bird well deserves protection for its foo
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