. The gallinaceous game birds of North America, including the partridges, grouse, ptarmigan, and wild turkeys .. . d grain if obtainable. 46 GAME BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA. OREORTYX RICTUS RLUMIFERUS. Geographical Distribution.—Both sides of the Sierra Nevada,and in eastern Oregon and to the Panamint Mountains andMount Magruder, Nevada. In California from San FranciscoBay to the Argus Mountains. Adult Male.—Forehead and chin, white ; head, hind-neck,upper part of back and breast, plumbeous ; long black crest fromocciput; throat, deep chestnut, bordered on sides with black, out-side of which is a
. The gallinaceous game birds of North America, including the partridges, grouse, ptarmigan, and wild turkeys .. . d grain if obtainable. 46 GAME BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA. OREORTYX RICTUS RLUMIFERUS. Geographical Distribution.—Both sides of the Sierra Nevada,and in eastern Oregon and to the Panamint Mountains andMount Magruder, Nevada. In California from San FranciscoBay to the Argus Mountains. Adult Male.—Forehead and chin, white ; head, hind-neck,upper part of back and breast, plumbeous ; long black crest fromocciput; throat, deep chestnut, bordered on sides with black, out-side of which is a line of white ; wings, back, and upper tail-coverts, grayish olive ; flanks, deep chestnut, barred broadly withwhite, beneath which is a narrow black bar ; abdomen, chestnut <under tail-coverts black, the feathers having a central line ofdeep chestnut; inner edges of tertials, narrowly lined with white,forming two lines on back ; dimensions about the same as thoseof the O. pictus. There is no particular difference in the coloring of the sexes,and the female is recognizable chiefly by her shorter San Pedro Partridge. SAN PEDRO PARTRIDGE. 1 HAVE never seen this bird alive. Its range appearsto be restricted to the San Pedro Mountains, LowerCahfornia, where it is found from the foothills to the topsof the loftiest peaks, estimated to be over 12,000 feet inheight. The discoverer of this race, Mr. Anthony, writesto Captain Bendire that it is not common below 2500feet of elevation, that the call notes are a soft, far-reaching Chay chay, like the notes of a flute in sweetness. Thealarm note was a soft ch-ch-ch-e-e-ea, ch-e-e-ea, whichincreased with the appearance of danger to a harder kee-ke-ea, and this last cry is taken up by every mem-ber of the covey as they draw away. When taking winga loud pit pit is often heard. In his remarks on thisrace, Mr. Anthony says he found this bird quite abun-dant from 6000 to 10,000 feet above the sea, occurringwherever water and timber
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