A hybrid quail

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An Interesting hybrid quail, evidently Oreortryx plumiferus x Lophortyx californicus californicus, was secured by Mr. Geo. D. Peck, April 1, 1911, on Silves River, Harney Co., Oregon, about two miles above the town of Burns. The specimen is a male in high plumage, and was one of a small flock of quail that a man had been feeding about his place during the winter. Whether there were any other hybrids in the flock, or whether the rest were all O. p. plumiferus, was not made out. This bird was killed, apparently, by flying against a telephone wire. It was mounted by Mr. Peck while fresh. A flock of L. c. californicus was seen near the place where it was secured, and according to Dr. Hibbard, of Burns, they are found throughout that section of the state. Dr. Hibbard has a mounted specimen in his collection. O. p. plumiferus is distributed rather locally through the Harney Valley, but does not seem to occur on the surrounding mountains, at least not on the upper course of the Silves.

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Reference Code: A11PEC01IDUS

Full Citation: Peck, M. E. 1911. A hybrid quail. Condor 8(5): 149-151.

Location: ANIMAL EF: OREORTYX PICTUS