The males are confiding handsome little fellows with the same cheerful call as our Bobwhite. Females are quite similar to Lady Bobwhite. They take less favorably to cleared lands and that, with an unfortunate habit of "bunching" when frightened, tends to decrease their numbers.
NEST: a shallow excavation on the ground under brush or grass shelter.
EGGS: 8 to 15. Pure white.
Central southern border of Arizona.