. The Canadian bird book [microform] : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds : also several hundred photographs of their nest and eggs. Oiseaux; Birds. a92. Mountain Quail. Oreortyx picta picta. RanKe.—-Pactllc coast of North America from California to Waatiington. Tliis is tiie largest of tlie Partridges, being 11 inclies in lengtli. It is of a general grayish color, with chestnut throat patch, and chestnut flanks, barred with white. Two long plumes ex- tend downward from the back of the head. This species nests abundantly in the mountainous portions of n
. The Canadian bird book [microform] : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds : also several hundred photographs of their nest and eggs. Oiseaux; Birds. a92. Mountain Quail. Oreortyx picta picta. RanKe.—-Pactllc coast of North America from California to Waatiington. Tliis is tiie largest of tlie Partridges, being 11 inclies in lengtli. It is of a general grayish color, with chestnut throat patch, and chestnut flanks, barred with white. Two long plumes ex- tend downward from the back of the head. This species nests abundantly in the mountainous portions of northern California and throughout Oregon, and is gradually in- creasing in numbers in Washington. As a rule they nest only on the higher mountain ranges, placing their nest of leaves under the protection of an overhanging bush or tuft of grass. Their eggs number from six to flfteen, and are of a pale reddish buff color. Size X Reddish buff. 292a. Plumed Quail. fera. Oreortyx picta plumi- Muuntain Partridge Scaled Partridge. Range.—Mountain ranges of California and Lower California, chiefly In the southern parts of the former. This species is like the latter except that it is grayer on the back of the head and neck. Its nesting habits and eggs are like the preceding. 2<)2b. San Pedho Quail. Oreortyx picta con/inis. Range.—San Pedro Mountains, Lower California This species, which is grayer above than the preceding two, breeds only in the highest peaks of its range. Otherwise its nesting habits and eggs are tlie same as the other Plumed Partridges. S.'ALED Quail. Callipepla squamata squamata. Range.—Mexico and southwestern border of the Unitc^d States. This blue gray species is 10 inches in length: thf feathers on the neck and underparts have narrow dark borders, thus giving the plumage a scaly ap- pearance, from which the birds take their name. They have a small tuft of whitish or butfy featliers on the top of the head. It is especially abundant in th
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