. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . Reddish their nest of 292. Mountain Quail. Oreortyx picta picta. Range.—Pacific coast of North America fromCalifornia to Washington. This is the largest of the Partridges, being 11inches in length. It is of a general grayish color,with chestnut throat patch, and chestnut flanks,barred with long plumes ex-tend downward fromthe back of the species nestsabundantly in themountainous portionsof northern Californiaa
. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . Reddish their nest of 292. Mountain Quail. Oreortyx picta picta. Range.—Pacific coast of North America fromCalifornia to Washington. This is the largest of the Partridges, being 11inches in length. It is of a general grayish color,with chestnut throat patch, and chestnut flanks,barred with long plumes ex-tend downward fromthe back of the species nestsabundantly in themountainous portionsof northern Californiaand throughout Oregon,and is gradually in-creasing in numbers inWashington. As a rulethey nest only on thehigher mountain ranges, leaves under the protection of an overhangingbush or tuft of grass. Their eggs number fromsix to fifteen, and are of a pale reddish buff x 292a. Plumed Quail. Oreortyx picta plumi-fera. Range.—Mountain ranges of California andLower California, chiefly in the southern parts ofthe former. This species is like the latter exceptthat it is grayer on the back of the head andneck. Its nesting habits an
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