. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . /. /tankschestnut. Young: chest brownish fjray,streaked with white ; upper parts p-rayishbrown, minutely mottled, feathei-s witliwhite shaft streaks widening at tip and with. Female. m cither side 122 GROUSE, PARTKIDGES, QUAILS, ETC. feathers of nape without dusky borders ; belly zvhite, unmarked. , wing , tail Remarks. — The Gambel partridge may be distinguished in nearly allplumages by its belly markings — the male by the
. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . /. /tankschestnut. Young: chest brownish fjray,streaked with white ; upper parts p-rayishbrown, minutely mottled, feathei-s witliwhite shaft streaks widening at tip and with. Female. m cither side 122 GROUSE, PARTKIDGES, QUAILS, ETC. feathers of nape without dusky borders ; belly zvhite, unmarked. , wing , tail Remarks. — The Gambel partridge may be distinguished in nearly allplumages by its belly markings — the male by the black patch and ab-sence of scaling; the female by chestnut flanks and absence of scales ;and the young by the white, wholly unmarked belly. Distribution. — Resident in Lower Sonoran zone from western Texas tosoutheastern California, and from southern Utah and Nevada south throughcentral Sonora, Mexico. Nest. — A slightly lined hollow often beside a bunch of tall grass, infreshet drift, or occasionally under a yucca. Eggs: usually 10 to 12,white to buff, irregularly spotted, blotched, and clouded with brown, theblotches with a pinkish or purplish bloom. Food. — Insects, especially grasshoppers and ants; also seeds, grain,mesquite beans, berries, and tender leaves and buds. The breeding seas
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